Death sentence for Australian writer in China: diplomatic crisis looms. Yang Jun, who was born in China, received Australian citizenship in 2002.
He worked primarily in New York and was arrested in 2019 while in Guangzhou, a city in southern China. Chinese authorities have accused him of spying for a foreign country, although the exact details of the charge are unknown. Yang denies the allegations against him. Yang, who is now 59 years old, appears to be seriously ill. Last year he was diagnosed with a kidney cyst. His supporters reported that he had suffered greatly from five years in prison.