On the 2nd, the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court held a public trial of the Chinese-Australian author Yang Jun (formerly known as Yang Hengjun), and declared him "life imprisonment" on the charge of "state secrets" on the charge of "two-year probation", and declared "life imprisonment".
The death sentence of Yang Jun, a well-known Australian national, in China not only surprised the Australian authorities, but also attracted widespread attention from the international community. In China, it is really rare for a foreigner to be sentenced to death, but judging from Yang Jun's experience, everyone knows that this incident has nothing to do with Yang Jun, but he is to blame.
Yang Jun, born in 1965 in Hubei, a graduate of Fudan Business School, worked in Chinese missions abroad, joined the Atlantic Commission in 1997 to conduct a study of international strategy, and became an Australian citizen in 2002, followed by his PhD at the Sydney Polytechnic.
Yang Jun is an Australian author, his main job is to serve as the general manager of the "Sydney Times", but in his spare time, Yang Jun is keen to create "Achilles' heel", "fatal **" fatal pursuit of three types of literature, "Achilles' heel" describes a Chinese and American **, but because it is too real, people eventually know that Yang Jun is actually based on his own experience.
Yang Jun is not only a spy, but also wrote a book on his espionage experience, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. In August 2019, Beijing Guoan arrested Yang Jun on espionage charges and concluded his trial on February 5, 2024, in full compliance with legal procedures.
The relationship between China and Australia has improved since 2023, Australian Minister Huang Yingxian and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have both visited Australia, but the matter of "Yang Jun's spy" is a different matter, Yang Jun has broken the law, and if Australia intervenes, it will be considered meddling in China's internal affairs.
Speaking of Australia's **, Yang Jun won't say it, in October next year, Cheng Lei will be released, she is an Australian Chinese, she has been imprisoned by China for three years, Australia has also made a lot of efforts to protect Cheng Lei, but Cheng Lei can successfully return to Australia, not because China is "soft", but because Cheng Lei has been in prison for three years and has been kicked out.
According to the Australian Chinese Cheng Lei report, this time, it is impossible to expect Australia to "rescue" the Australian Chinese Yang Jun, the only way is to survive the death penalty for two years, and then fight for more sentences for himself in prison, if lucky, Yang Jun may still have a chance to return to Australia, however, this requires Yang Jun's own luck.
Objectively speaking, China has to take more ruthless measures against spies, especially "traitors," and it is really incomprehensible that a freak like Yang Jun who is imprisoned for engaging in espionage is really incomprehensible, and if Australia is really afraid that the friendship between China and Australia will be damaged, their best course of action is to stop training spies so that they will never be caught.
The death sentence of Australian Chinese Yang Jun is unlikely to be a turning point between China and Australia, but it can also be seen that as the relationship between China and Australia continues to heat up, China will not stop defending itself