Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, sentenced to 20 years under Hong Kong's national security law, receives DW's Freedom of Speech Award for defending press freedom amid Beijing's crackdown.
During a summit, Donald Trump discussed the cases of Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and media mogul Jimmy Lai with China's Xi Jinping. While Xi indicated consideration for the pastor's release, Lai's case was deemed 'tough.' Families expressed gratitude for Trump's support, but no further developments have been announced.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed its “firm support” for Hong Kong’s judicial authorities when asked whether Beijing would consider releasing jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying ahead of US President Donald Trump’s three-day state visit starting Wednesday. “[Jimmy] Lai Chee-ying is the principal mastermind and perpetrator behind the riots that shook Hong Kong,” ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing, when asked whether Beijing would consider Lai’s...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Taiwan would be discussed in his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and pledged to raise the case of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying at their summit in Beijing this week. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the Chinese President would be more likely than he to bring up the Taiwan issue at their meeting on Thursday and Friday. “He’ll bring up Taiwan, I think, more than I will,” he said. Asked whether the US should...
