Australia angered by China’s sentencing of its citizen on spy charges

Australian diplomats said they were appalled by the suspended death sentence given to China-born Yang Hengjun. Yang, a spy thriller novelist and pro-democracy blogger, was arrested during a visit to China in 2019. Despite condemnation by Australia’s top leadership, a reprieve seems unlikely. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney.

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