Yang Hengjun (simplified Chinese: 杨恒均; traditional Chinese: 楊恒均; pinyin: Yáng Héngjūn born 1965), legally known as Yang Jun[1] (杨军; 楊軍; Yáng Jūn), is a Chinese-Australian writer and businessman who is imprisoned by Chinese authorities on spying charges.[2]
Yang was born in China and worked for the Ministry of State Security there for ten years. He then emigrated to Australia, became an Australian citizen, wrote spy novels and pro-democracy blog posts, and obtained a Ph.D. in China Studies. In 2017 he moved to the U.S. as a visiting scholar at Columbia University. He ran an online store for Chinese buyers from the U.S.
In January 2019 Yang flew into Guangzhou to renew visas for his family and was arrested by the Chinese Government. He faced one charge of espionage, but the basis of the charge was unknown.[3] He was subsequently found guilty and handed a sentence of death with reprieve in February 2024.[4]
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YangHengjun (simplified Chinese: 杨恒均; traditional Chinese: 楊恒均; pinyin: YángHéngjūn born 1965), legally known as Yang Jun (杨军; 楊軍; Yáng Jūn), is a Chinese-Australian...
death sentences becoming suspended. Based on the 2024 sentencing of YangHengjun to death with reprieve for espionage charges, Ryan Mitchell, a law professor...
subsequently arrested and charged with murder. 5 February – Australian writer YangHengjun receives a suspended death sentence in Beijing, five years after being...
author of The Poison of Polygamy, political activist Bin Xie: painter YangHengjun: political blogger, author of Fatal Weakness series Ouyang Yu: poet,...
blockbuster is getting a hard sell". The Economist. 26 April 2018. Yang, Hengjun (31 January 2015). "Why Read Xi Jinping's Book?". The Diplomat. Retrieved...
viewed as hostage diplomacy, as has the subsequent arrest of Australian YangHengjun. In November 2019, Huawei announced that it will pay RMB2 billion (US$286 million)...
journalists. Dong is not a member of the Communist Party. Cheng Lei YangHengjun Wong, Chun Han (24 April 2023). "China Accuses Newspaper Editor of Espionage...
Australian YangHengjun's detention was also linked to a renewed effort at hostage diplomacy in response to the arrest of Meng Wanzhou. Prior to Hengjun's detention...
regarded as an act of Hostage diplomacy. The 2019 arrest of Australian YangHengjun is seen by many to be a continuation of the hostage diplomacy strategy...
Moscow. In 2019, former PRC diplomat turned dissident Australian citizen YangHengjun was arrested in Guangzhou and transferred to the BSSB Detention Centre...
that he himself was looking for", he said. Former Chinese diplomat YangHengjun described it as a strong signal to the Chinese government to speed up...
"subdued" when compared to similar cases, including the detentions of YangHengjun in China, Alek Sigley in North Korea, and Hakeem al-Araibi in Thailand...
Helen; Doherty, Ben; Karp, Paul (5 February 2024). "Australian academic YangHengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese court". The Guardian. Retrieved...
to join her. Li Xi agreed. She and Li Xi thereafter had the eunuch Duan Hengjun (段恆俊) selected some 200 strong eunuchs, ready to ambush Li Fuguo and Cheng...
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