China plays hardball with Canberra on Yang sentence
Beijing is sending a message to the Albanese government that it is not going to get everything it wants by handing an Australian citizen a suspended death sentence.
Tokyo | China has dropped a bombshell on pledges to stabilise relations with Australia by sentencing one of its citizens to a suspended death sentence.
Rather than brokering a deal to free Australian writer Yang Hengjun as it did with television anchor Cheng Lei last year, the Albanese government is now faced with the harshest of outcomes.
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Michael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.smith@afr.com
