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Jimmy Lai, a Legendary and Heroic Prisoner [National Review]
‘It would be so boring just being a businessman,” said Jimmy Lai, as the Chinese government was tightening the noose around Hong Kong. “I want to make my life more meaningful and interesting.” That is why he had gotten himself into trouble, he said. He was loath to...
Free Jimmy Lai [National Review]
Jimmy Lai is a political prisoner in Hong Kong. One of the great businessmen of the East, he is now a symbol of freedom’s struggle against tyranny. His son Sebastien is campaigning worldwide to win his release. I have done a podcast with him, a Q&A, here....
Three Years After Chinese Communist Crackdown, Hong Kong Continues to Suffer
At the end of August, the Hong Kong government charged a Cantonese language group with “threatening national security.” The latter had posted online an essay, cast in the form of fiction, that emphasized the city’s loss of liberty. Andrew (Lok-hang) Chan, who headed...
‘The Hong Konger’: A Candid Look At Jimmy Lai’s Struggle Against Chinese Totalitarianism [Religion Unplugged]
What “The Hong Konger” lacks in style as a documentary it more than makes up for in shining a light on the particular values of the Hong Kong heroes like Jimmy Lai standing up to totalitarianism. “The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle For Freedom” is a...
European Union Demands Immediate Release of Jimmy Lai
The European Parliament condemned the persecution of jailed newspaper publisher and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, calling for his immediate and unconditional release from prison and the repeal of Hong Kong’s national security law (NSL), in a resolution passed on...