Twitter Followers: China Australia and Chinese Government

twitter followers: The 53-year-old writer routinely posted satirical commentaries critical of the Chinese government to his nearly 130,000 Twitter followers before his detention in January, during a visit to see family in China, according to CNN. Australia continues to have consular access and have again asked that Yang be granted immediate access to his lawyers, the Australian foreign ministry spokesperson said. Yang Hengjun's family had earlier told the Australian embassy in Beijing that the writer had been taken to the facility, an Australian foreign ministry spokesman confirmed in a statement Thursday. Mo Shaoping, Yang's Beijing-based lawyer, told CNN on Friday that his client's detention status changed Wednesday but his case remained under investigation. Read More Yang's case has drawn widespread attention amid growing international concern over the detention of foreign citizens in China during geopolitical disputes, though China denies the arrests are politically motivated. Mo added that he was still not allowed to meet Yang due to the national security nature of his case. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.