Australian artist detained in Beijing deported

By Rod McGuirk

Published June 17, 2014 12:23am ET

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Australian artist detained in Beijing deported — Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian, center left, walks with a friend as he arrives at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Guo, detained in Beijing ahead of the politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the deadly military crackdown on protests around Tiananmen Square has been deported to Sydney on Tuesday, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith) | Rob Griffith

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese-born Australian artist detained in Beijing ahead of the politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the deadly military crackdown on protests around Tiananmen Square arrived in Sydney on Tuesday after being deported.

The Chinese government had said Australian citizen Guo Jian, a former protester in China’s 1989 pro-democracy movement, had been detained for fraudulently obtaining a visa.

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