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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail

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by adolph

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I was confused how someone could become a tycoon in "pro-democracy" but it seems as if he became a wealthy businessperson before and has been active and influential in preserving Hong Kong autonomy since the transfer of management to the PRC/CCP.

  Born in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Lai was 12 when he arrived in Hong 
  Kong as a stowaway on a fishing boat. He started working menial jobs and 
  eventually founded a multi-million dollar empire that included the clothing 
  brand Giordano.
  
  Lai began a new journey as a vocal democracy activist after China's crackdown 
  on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
  
  He went on to launch pro-democracy news outlets like Apple Daily and Next 
  magazine, while regularly participating in demonstrations.

by jorblumesea

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cruel and obviously politically motivated, meant to send a message to HK and anyone who publicly criticizes the CCP.

by SilverElfin

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Sad that the international community doesn’t do more to intervene in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet. As a reminder, China has violated the treaty around Hong Kong’s handoff. So really the UK and the rest of the world should have demanded its return.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration

by jajuuka

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Not surprising to see all the comments devolve into hyperbole. Nuance and thoughts on China in the west are just impossibilities.

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by EB-Barrington

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China is repressive, autocratic, dictatorial, illiberal, unaccountable, coercive, censorious, surveillance-heavy, propagandistic, corrupt, brutal, heavy-handed, intolerant, secretive, and very very very militarised.
Just an FYI.

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