One of Hong Kong’s most prominent critics of the Chinese Communist Party and champion of democracy arrived in the British colony at the age of 12, working as a child labourer before becoming a billionaire media tycoon and, finally, prisoner of conscience.
27 June 2024, The Tablet
A higher court: the journey of Jimmy Lai
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photo: alamy/zuma/south china morning post, felix wong
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