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A detained US scholar’s wife asks Trump for help as Xi’s Washington visit nears
Sylvia Zin said Trump’s past deals with Xi give her hope that her husband and other detained Americans could be freed.
- On Wednesday, Sebastien Lai testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in Washington, urging his father Jimmy Lai's release one week before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the United States.
- Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of Beijing, founded a pro-democracy newspaper shut down during a 2019 crackdown. A Hong Kong court sentenced the 78-year-old to 20 years in prison in February under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
- Describing his father as a 78-year-old man who has "already suffered enough," Sebastien Lai requested his release to sit beside daughter Claire, who began chemotherapy in London last week.
- President Donald Trump has previously raised Lai's case with Xi during a May state visit to China; with the two leaders expected to meet in Washington on Sept 24, observers see potential for diplomatic deal-making.
- Sebastien Lai warned that if his father is not freed soon, the aging activist will "most likely die in prison." The 78-year-old faces a 20-year sentence in Hong Kong, underscoring the case's urgency.
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A detained U.S. scholar’s wife asks Trump for help as Xi’s Washington visit nears
Min Zin, a University of California-Berkeley scholar, had traveled to China in June for an academic workshop when he was detained by China’s state security on suspicion of endangering national security, his wife said.
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Jimmy Lai’s son makes emotional plea for his release ahead of Xi Jinping’s Washington visit
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The son of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai called for his release on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Washington by Chinese President Xi...
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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Advocates urge Trump to push for Jimmy Lai release during Xi's state visit to the US
President Donald Trump is scheduled to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House in late September, and advocates for Hong Kong's prominent Catholic media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai said Trump should push for his release from prison during the summit.
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