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World Service,27 Aug 2019,23 mins

Australian writer charged with spying in China

Newsday

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Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been formally arrested in China on suspicion of spying. We speak to the Belgium campaigner who says he has been forced to flee the town of Ath because of a blackface row. And we try to find out how computer algorithms responding to President Trump's words on China are causing volatility in the stock market.

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