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Ties worsening as China launches espionage lawsuit against Australian writer Yang Hengjun

The trial of an Australian-Chinese writer accused of espionage by China has begun in a closed-door court in Beijing. Australian citizen Yang Hengjun has been in custody for more than two years following an arrest at an airport in 2019.