 An Australian national who was detained in China on national security grounds is expected to be formally charged, his lawyer said Thursday, amid tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
Chinese-Australian author and democracy advocate Yang Jun, whose pen name is Yang Hengjun, was detained in January shortly after making a rare return to China from the United States.
The foreign ministry in Beijing said then he was suspected of endangering "China's national security" -- which often implies espionage allegations.
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