Australian writer Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence in Beijing
Sydney, Australia/Beijing, China Reuters A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, five years after he was first detained in China and three years after a closed-door trial on espionage charges. Yang, a pro-democracy blogger, is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before […]
US reporter’s detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals
London, UK/Washington DC, US Reuters A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington. Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it […]
US does not know what objects military shot down over weekend
Washington DC, US/Bejing, ChinaReuters The United States said on Monday it still did not know the origin or purpose of three aerial objects that its military shot down over the weekend, as Washington and Beijing traded accusations about high-altitude balloons. American and Canadian officials were unable to explain the origin of three objects US fighter […]
Space power China to build ground stations on Antarctica to support satellites
Beijing, China Reuters China, only the third country to put a man in space after the Soviet Union and United States, is to build ground stations on Antarctica to back its network of ocean monitoring satellites, state media said on Thursday. China’s global network of ground stations to support a growing number of satellites and […]
Australian blogger on trial in China worried political tensions may impact outcome
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australian blogger Yang Hengjun, facing trial in Beijing on espionage charges that he denies, asked the judge to exclude evidence obtained in interrogations where he says he was tortured, according to a message conveyed to family and friends. In his first comments since Thursday’s court hearing, which was closed to family and Australian […]