China's suspended death sentence for Australian writer an "outrage", says Albanese

Canberra has said it will respond "directly and unequivocally" to China over Australian writer Yang Heng-jun's suspended death sentence. A Beijing court handed down the verdict yesterday on charges that Yang was spying for an unspecified foreign country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the ruling is an "outrage". China has said it will not budge on Yang's sentencing. The China-born Australian citizen wrote about Chinese and US politics as a democracy blogger. He was arrested while visiting China in January 2019. Subscribe to our news service for must-read stories: Telegram - https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp - https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/channelnewsasia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia