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Why Markets Should Care About Jimmy Lai's Sentence
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Lai and Bezos: A Tale of Two Publishers
On our screens, two images tell a story for our time. First, there is a fleeting glimpse of publisher Jimmy Lai, 78, standing trial in Hong Kong. The democracy advocate and critic of the Communist regime, he’s been handed a 20-year prison term—a span so long, it is a death sentence. Lai is a man erased for the crime of promoting a free press. His world is a prison cell, his future a void. The second image is of Jeff Bezos on a yacht, radiant und…
Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong's Next Media, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Hong Kong court. On February 14, Vancouver residents held rallies and human chain flash mobs in front of the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver and at the Vancouver SkyTrain station to show their support for Lai, calling for his immediate release. They also demanded that the Chinese Communist Party stop suppressing press and freedom of speech.
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