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BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday put a Chinese Australian writer on trial for alleged...

Chinese-born Australian blogger Yang Hengjun faces 10 years or more in prison on unknown national security charges. The Australian Ambassador to China, Yang's wife and the media have all been denied access to the court.

Australia's ambassador to China was denied entry to a heavily guarded Beijing court on Thursday that is hearing an espionage case against Australian blogger Yang Hengjun, at a time of worsening ties between the two nations.

China tries Chinese Australian writer on espionage charge Associated Press Text size Copy shortlink: BEIJING — China on Thursday put a Chinese Australian writer on trial for alleged espionage and denied the Australian ambassador in Beijing access to the hearing. Yang Hengjun has been held since arriving in China in January 2019 and has had no access to family and only limited contact with his lawyer, the Australian government has said. Ambassador Graham Fletcher walked to the court complex gate in B...

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