Yang Jun: dissident Chinese-Australian writer handed suspended death sentence

Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2024

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. He grew a readership in exile as the author of novels that drew on