The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Lai

Activist was entitled to UK passport but for a rising number of voters Britishness is something you are born with

Beijing summons envoys from both UK and US in response to widespread international condemnation of Lai verdict

The self-made tycoon was convicted this week of violating Hong Kong's "national security" law. But he could have escaped it.

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Beijing issues warlike warnings after Washington backs Taipei with record weapons deal and legal pledges

Package will be the largest-ever U.S. arms sales to Taiwan when approved, dwarfing Biden-era deals

Joint statement expresses concern from the likes of US, UK, Japan and Germany at ‘deteriorating rights, freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong’

Missouri filed a lawsuit against China for hoarding personal protective equipment in the early months of the pandemic and a federal judge gave a ruling in favour of the US state earlier this year

The UK, Australia, New Zealand, the EU and Taiwan have all condemned Lai’s conviction, while Donald Trump says he is saddened by the Hong Kong court’s verdict and that he has raised the case with Xi