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Story by Reuters Updated 11:40 PM ET, Wed May 26, 2021 Australian ambassador to China Graham Fletcher walks out of an entrance to the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court after being refused access to the trial of Yang Hengjun. BeijingAustralia's ambassador to China was denied entry to a heavily guarded Beijing court on Thursday where the espionage case against Australian blogger Yang Hengjun will be heard at a time of worsening ties between the two nations. Graham Fletcher, Australia's ambassador to China, attempted to enter the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in line with a ...

China's trial of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun on unspecified espionage charges has ended and the Beijing court deferred its verdict, Australia

Dr Yang will be tried on charges of espionage in a closed Chinese court on Thursday after being held in Beijing for more than two years.

"We've had long-standing concerns about this case, including lack of transparency, and therefore have concluded that it's an arbitrary detention," Australia's ambassador to China said.

China has put a Chinese Australian writer on trial on a charge of espionage and denied the Australian ambassador access to his hearing.