Officials had cast Mr. Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, as the mastermind of protests that roiled the city in 2019. He could face life in prison.
Hong Kong Rom-Com ‘My Indian Boyfriend’ to Get U.K. Remake Set in Leicester (EXCLUSIVE)
Hong Kong romantic comedy 'My Indian Boyfriend' is being remade for British audiences, with the production set in Leicester in the U.K.
Xi Backs Hong Kong Leader After Deadly Fire, Jimmy Lai Verdict
Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed full support for Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, praising his administration’s performance after a year defined by a deadly fire, a financial turnaround ...
Hong Kong leader raises Jimmy Lai conviction in meeting with China’s Xi
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he raised the conviction of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, one day after the media mogul was found guilty ...
Jimmy Lai case shows how China is rewriting Hong Kong’s history
The guilty verdict handed down to Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Monday — a ruling that is likely to see the 78-year old spend his final years in prison — was more than just another conviction for ...
China AI chip firm Biren to launch Hong Kong IPO in coming weeks, sources say
BEIJING/HONG KONG, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Chinese AI chip startup Biren Technology aims to launch a Hong Kong initial public offering in the coming weeks, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Hong Kong court finds media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition, foreign collusion
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the ...
Trump urges Xi to free Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai
Trump says he has asked China's Xi to "consider" releasing the Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon.
Hong Kong activist Lai’s daughter says she’s “grieving” sedition conviction
Hours after Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, was found guilty on sedition charges, his daughter told reporters she hopes international pressure can spare her father.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s daughter says she’s “grieving” his sedition conviction
Hours after Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, was found guilty on sedition charges, his daughter told reporters she hopes international pressure can spare her father.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
Lai, 78, was convicted of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty.
Hong Kong court convicts pro-democracy activist and mogul Jimmy Lai
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his guilty verdict.
Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
Jimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China’s rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.