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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was imprisoned for his support of the island’s independence from China. AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File. He’s been through this before.
Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...
HONG KONG (AP) — Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai denied in his landmark national security trial on Wednesday he had asked then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and then Secretary of State ...
The son of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and publisher Jimmy Lai says his father “refuses to be cowed” by Chinese authorities as he marks 1,000 days behind bars and faces the ...
Jimmy Lai, once one of Hong Kong's most outspoken media tycoons, has been silent for more than four years since his arrest in 2020. But on Wednesday, Lai was seen in a Hong Kong courtroom, where ...
In Hong Kong, media mogul Jimmy Lai cuts a broad swath. He is unique among its elite. For decades, the 72-year-old businessman has used his voice to defy Beijing and preserve Hong Kong's quasi ...
Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...