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Australian writer’s sentence upheld ahead of China premier’s visit, supporters say

Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s suspended death sentence has been upheld by Beijing’s High People’s Court, with the decision relayed to Australian officials two weeks before China’s Premier Li Qiang arrived …

China-Australia relations: writer Yang Hengjun, jailed on the mainland, won’t appeal suspended death sentence

by Walter Watson

The sentence was described as an “outrage” by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and threatens a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and …