2026 • Jan 28
Starmer vows to raise issues ‘that need to be raised’ with Xi amid push to free Jimmy Lai
PM may also discuss fate of Uyghurs with Chinese leader on trip aimed at improving economic relations
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2026 • Jan 28
‘Very low bar’: analysts say Starmer faces slim pickings in China
Experts say business with China is always a double-edged sword let alone when its overheated economy can offer only marginal gains
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2025 • Dec 16
Governments and rights groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai
UK, EU and Australia say guilty verdict against 78-year-old is further blow to democracy and press freedom in territoryGovernments, institutions and rights groups across the world have conde...
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2025 • Dec 15
Jimmy Lai: conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy figure decried as attack on press freedom
Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades
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2025 • Aug 21
Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court
Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 daysA lawyer for Jimmy Lai has argued that it is not wrong to support freedom of exp...
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