Australian writer detained in China

Bloomberg

Writer and former Chinese diplomat Yang Hengjun, who is now an Australian citizen, has been detained by the Chinese government, according to one of his friends.
Yang boarded a flight from New York to the southeastern Chinese city of Guangzhou and was scheduled to arrive on Saturday, Feng Chongyi, an associate professor in China studies at the University of Technology Sydney, told Bloomberg News. Yang was then due to catch a connecting flight to Shanghai with his wife and daughter, but he never made it through security, Feng said.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she wasn’t aware of Yang’s situation in Beijing.
The Australian first reported that Yang was feared missing. Asked to confirm that Yang had been detained, a spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told it was “seeking information about an Australian citizen who has been reported missing in China.”