Yang Hengjun: Australian academic's death sentence is a warning shot to anyone who wants to challenge China

Feb 05, 2024 View Original Article
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    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Overall Sentiment

-16% Negative

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"But it is also possible to imagine that state security deliberately demanded the harshest sentence possible as a warning to pro-democracy activists that they are risking their lives."
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"Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese courtYang's verdict, which means he will almost certainly die in prison, will have the opposite effect on bilateral ties, and the government has few options to alleviate the fallout."
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-26% Liberal

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44% : But it is also possible to imagine that state security deliberately demanded the harshest sentence possible as a warning to pro-democracy activists that they are risking their lives.
37% : Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese courtYang's verdict, which means he will almost certainly die in prison, will have the opposite effect on bilateral ties, and the government has few options to alleviate the fallout.

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