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    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong challenges own court with appeal to Beijing to block UK lawyer

      Intervention ‘flies in the face’ of city’s attempt to reclaim status as financial centre

    • Monday, 3 January, 2022
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong free press faces collapse as second news site announces closure

      Citizen News says decision triggered by arrest of journalists at Stand News

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong media tycoon sentenced to 13 months in jail over Tiananmen vigil

      Prison terms for Jimmy Lai and seven activists mark tightening restrictions on free expression

    • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
      News in-depthHong Kong politics
      Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media

      Media mogul Yu Pun-hoi treads carefully between mollifying China and hanging on to readers

    • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
      News in-depthApple Daily
      Apple Daily’s death leaves a shadow over free press in Hong Kong

      Boisterous newspaper was emblematic of city’s longstanding reputation for an open media

    • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
      Apple Daily
      Hong Kongers rush to buy final edition of Apple Daily newspaper

      Hundreds queue as pro-democracy tabloid prints 1m copies after being forced to shutter

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      Apple Daily
      Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to shut down

      Newspaper renowned for challenging government to close after assets frozen and journalists arrested

    • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong police invoke security law to arrest senior journalists

      Executives of Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily tabloid detained as hundreds of officers raid newsroom

    • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
      Shares in Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group surge 330% as trading resumes

      Jailed pro-democracy tycoon had assets frozen under national security law

    • Monday, 17 May, 2021
      Next Digital
      Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group in doubt after asset freeze

      Pro-democracy tycoon’s Next Digital halts trading after founder’s stake frozen under security law

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders jailed for unauthorised assembly

      Group including media mogul Jimmy Lai and lawyer Martin Lee sentenced over 2019 protests

    • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong court convicts veteran activists over 2019 protests

      Media mogul Jimmy Lai and ‘father of democracy’ Martin Lee among group of seven found guilty

    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
      Hong Kong politics
      British lawyer steps down from Hong Kong trial after intense UK pressure

      David Perry was called a ‘mercenary’ after agreeing to prosecute pro-democracy activists

    • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sent back to jail

      Pro-democracy activist’s bail rescinded days after Chinese state media slams his release

    • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai taken into custody

      Pro-democracy tycoon to be held until at least April after being denied bail over fraud charge

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
      Lunch with the FT
      Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai: ‘At least we fought, we showed our dignity’

      Tycoon who angered Beijing talks about Hong Kong’s uncertain future, backing Trump and never giving in

    • Friday, 14 August, 2020
      Person in the News
      Jimmy Lai, the testy tycoon defying Beijing

      Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media magnate remains unbowed after his latest arrest

    • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
      InterviewWorld4 min
      Arrest of outspoken media boss renews fears of Hong Kong clampdown

      Jimmy Lai talked to the FT about the city's national security law in an exclusive interview in April

    • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Arrest of Hong Kong media mogul sparks fears of wider crackdown

      Outspoken publisher Jimmy Lai has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side

    • Monday, 10 August, 2020
      US-China relations
      China targets US officials in retaliation for HK sanctions

      Police in territory arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai under new security law

    • Monday, 10 August, 2020
      LexHong Kong politics
      Jimmy Lai/Hong Kong: buy orders on democracy Premium content

      Media tycoon’s arrest does not spell the end of Next Digital; it will stay in demand, like its shares

    • Monday, 10 August, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Activists pile in to Next Digital stock following Jimmy Lai’s arrest

      Shares in company owned by pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon jump as much as 344%

    • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong police fire tear gas on protest against security law

      Demonstrations end months of quiet brought by coronavirus restrictions

    • Sunday, 19 April, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy activists

      Authorities swoop while public is distracted by coronavirus crisis 

    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong arrests pro-democracy media tycoon

      Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily newspaper is critical of both the Hong Kong and Beijing leadership

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