[Opinion] Mark Clifford: A political prisoner fights for free speech in China

Mark Clifford: A political prisoner fights for free speech in China

Today's guest is Mark Clifford, former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post whose recent book, The Troublemaker, chronicles the life of Jimmy Lai, a man who escaped mainland Communist China to Hong Kong as a child and went on to become a self-made billionaire. But now at age 77, Lai is a political prisoner, currently on trial in China for his unwavering criticism of the government, particularly as it relates to a pro-democracy publica…

The “European Belarus” activist has fully served his five-year sentence.