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An Australian sentenced to death in China

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An Australian sentenced to death in China

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Australia@aussie.zone · 9 months ago

An Australian sentenced to death. Penny Wong won’t face a bigger test than this

Wong was visibly shaken by the news that Yang Hengjun had been given a death sentence. But how can she condemn China while forging closer ties with Beijing?

Pro-democracy writer Yang Hengjun has been detained in China since January 2019.

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Damn, literally risky business.
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  He also wrote some spy novels and and blogged about doing politics differently in China. I didn’t look too much into it.
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    Who is Yang Hengjun, sentenced to death in China?

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