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The West has abandoned Hong Kong to totalitarianism
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The conviction of Jimmy Lai, considered one of the harshest critics of Chinese totalitarianism, is a severe blow to Hong Kong's already faltering democracy.
The West has abandoned Hong Kong to totalitarianism
The British national Jimmy Lai was the proprietor of Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s biggest-selling Chinese-language newspaper until it was closed down by the Hong Kong government in 2021. The paper had been a powerful critic of the repressive policies of the People’s Republic of China, and a persistent advocate for democracy in Hong Kong. The Basic Law (Hong Kong’s mini-constitution since its handover to China in 1997) provides that “the ultimate aim…
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