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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Peter CATTERALL

Yang Jun: Dissident Chinese-Australian Writer Handed Suspended Death Sentence

Australia's government said writer Yang Jun's suspended death sentence in Chinai is "harrowing news" (Credit: AFP)

Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun, who was handed a suspended death sentence in China, had gained a huge following in exile for his spy novels and calls for greater freedom in his homeland.

Yang -- who also goes by the pen name Yang Hengjun -- was born in China in 1965 and became an Australian citizen in the early 2000s.

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