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China’s message via Jimmy Lai is that if Hong Kong has to survive, its people will have to accept Xi’s diktats

February 11, 2026 1:35 pm

Lai’s sentencing to 20 years in prison effectively ends the One Country, Two Systems principle upheld by Deng Xiaoping

Jimmy Lai’s sentence, China’s chilling message

February 11, 2026 12:10 am

The extraordinarily harsh sentence for Lai is the final nail in the coffin of the “One Country, Two Systems” promise to Hong Kong for at least 50 years when it was transferred from Britain to China in 1997.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong on April 18, 2020. (AP Photo)

How Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's imprisonment points to China's tightening grip

February 10, 2026 1:11 pm

Many view the targeting of Jimmy Lai as part of a repressive campaign under Xi. Lai is among the many influential figures who have fallen prey to Beijing's bid to cut out what it calls 'foreign influence'.

Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, July 28, 2023.

In Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s conviction, role of China’s National Security Law

December 17, 2025 7:43 am

The law is among the various institutional changes that China has introduced to the city in recent years. Lai’s trial became a test of whether editorial direction could constitute criminal conspiracy.

In his meeting with Xi, Trump reportedly pushed for release of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai

November 06, 2025 9:30 pm

Jimmy Lai’s trial, which began in 2023, concluded in August 2025, and he is awaiting a verdict.

Hong Kong Apple Daily founder and staff face new sedition charge

December 28, 2021 9:08 pm

Jimmy Lai already faces two charges under a national security law that Beijing imposed on the former British colony last June, including collusion with a foreign country.

In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai’s media company moves to close down

September 06, 2021 11:39 am

Next Digital’s founder and controlling shareholder, Jimmy Lai, is in jail, charged with crimes that include violating the security law.

Hong Kong national security police arrest Apple Daily directors, seize reporting materials

June 17, 2021 8:01 am

Apple Daily said five of its directors, including editor-in-chief Ryan Law, chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung, Chief Operating Officer Chow Tat-kuen, Deputy Chief Editor Chan Puiman and Chief Executive Editor Cheung Chi-wai had all been arrested in morning raids.

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces new sentence over illegal assembly

May 28, 2021 7:58 am

This month, Lai, who is serving a 14-month sentence for participating in similar demonstrations on August 18 and August 31, 2019, and nine other activists, pleaded guilty in District Court to organising an unauthorised assembly.

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, others to be sentenced for illegal assembly

April 16, 2021 11:06 am

Lai was found guilty in two separate trials earlier in April for illegal assemblies on August 18 and August 31 2019, respectively. The maximum possible punishment is five years in prison.