WORLD_ China exacting ‘revenge’ on Australia with its treatment of Yang Hengjun, experts warn

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China exacting ‘revenge’ on Australia with its treatment of Yang Hengjun, experts warn

China is trying to “intimidate” Australia by conducting “hostage diplomacy” with one of its citizens, experts have warned amid growing tensions.

Sam Clench@SamClench
news.com.au
August 28, 2019 1:43pm



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China’s formal arrest of Australian citizen Yang Hengjun on espionage charges is a form of “revenge” and “hostage diplomacy”, experts have warned.

Dr Yang, a writer, pro-democracy activist and former Chinese diplomat, was detained in January and held for months without access to his lawyers or family. Yesterday we learned he had been charged with spying, an offence punishable by death in China.


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Foreign Minister Marise Payne reacted with a strongly worded statement that included references to “torture” and “inhumane treatment” — a clear escalation of language and perhaps a sign that Australia was done quietly lobbying China behind the scenes.

In response, China bluntly told Australia not to “interfere” in Dr Yang’s case.

“I would like to stress that China is a country with rule of law, and Australia should earnestly respect China’s judicial sovereignty and not interfere in China’s handling of the case in accordance with the law in any way,” said foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.

For all that talk about the “rule of law”, however, this is not just a legal matter. It is nakedly political.

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