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Concern grows for Australian writer detained in China

 Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun at a conference in Beijing in 2010 (AAP)

Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun at a conference in Beijing in 2010 Source: AAP

The wife of an Australian writer and democracy activist who has been detained in China since January, has been banned from leaving the country and interrogated by authorities. The couple's lawyer says the government needs to intervene more decisively to advocate for Yang Hengjun and now his wife's cases.



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