On China, Human-Rights Diplomacy Doesn’t Work

On China, Human-Rights Diplomacy Doesn’t Work

Foreign Affairs On China, Human-Rights Diplomacy Doesn’t Work The hard facts of great power competition should guide U.S. planning. In a packed DC briefing room last Tuesday, Sebastian Lai spoke cautiously, each word carefully weighed. His father, billionaire Jimmy Lai—77, Catholic, and Hong Kong’s most defiant publisher—is languishing in what Sebastian described as an overheated cell, denied air conditioning and, at times, even communion. “Wit…

On China, Human-Rights Diplomacy Doesn’t Work - Conservative Angle

Foreign Affairs On China, Human-Rights Diplomacy Doesn’t Work The hard facts of great power competition should guide U.S. planning. In a packed DC briefing room last Tuesday, Sebastian Lai spoke cautiously, each word carefully weighed. His father, billionaire Jimmy Lai—77, Catholic, and Hong Kong’s most defiant publisher—is languishing in what Sebastian described as an overheated cell, denied air conditioning and, at times, even communion. “Wi…