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Australia ‘deeply troubled’ by Chinese espionage case

FILE - This undated, file photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun, left, and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. Australia's foreign minister says on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 that her government is "deeply troubled" by the delays in China resolving espionage allegations against Chinese-Australian Yang Hengjun, while a supporter says the writer and blogger will remain detained until at least April. (Chongyi Feng via AP, File)

FILE - Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. The 47-rear-old journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, has been detained in China since August 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Australia ‘deeply troubled’ by Chinese espionage case