China jails Japan's Astellas Pharma employee for 3.5 years for spying

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TOKYO -- A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma was convicted of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Chinese court, in a judgment likely to further strain already tense bilateral ties.
The court in Beijing said the unnamed man was indicted on…

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