HONG KONG — A heated exchange erupted Tuesday in the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying over whether he is a “political prisoner.” Lai described himself this way as the prosecution sifted through internal WhatsApp exchanges among executives of Apple Daily, the now-defunct pro-democracy news outlet he founded. As the 77-year-old…
HONG KONG — Geopolitical drama is heating up over the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s new administration weighed in publicly for the first time and the city’s government fired back. Lai, the founder of defunct pro-democracy media outlet Apple Daily, on Monday spent…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te kicked off his second day in the United States on Sunday, as China fumed over more US arms sales to the island and Lai’s stopover in Hawaii that is part of his Pacific tour. China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, opposes any international recognition of Taiwan and its…
Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he’s facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the intense anti-China government protests of 2019. Jimmy Lai, once one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken media tycoons, has been…
As the national security trial of the former media magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-ying resumes in Hong Kong, his situation has been misrepresented elsewhere. A London-based international legal team, led by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, styling itself as “international counsel for Mr Jimmy Lai and Mr Sebastien Lai”, has complained about Lai’s treatment in custody. It has…
A senior official from the United Kingdom is in Hong Kong to meet government officials and the British business community, in a sign the country’s new administration is moving to revitalise bilateral relations after a fraught few years. Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West arrived the day before to “discuss areas of cooperation and challenge…