Human Rights and Labour under the Department of State said in a social media post on Saturday that Lai had been behind bars “while standing up bravely for democracy and free speech in Hong Kong”.

Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying denied on Monday that he had tried to spread fear by suggesting Beijing would take over Hong Kong if an extradition bill was passed in 2019 but conceded he went ...

HONG KONG -- Geopolitical drama is heating up over the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, after U.S. President Donald Trump's new administration weighed ...

Jimmy Lai is a name synonymous with Hong Kong's fight for democracy, its disappearing freedoms and the erosion of the rule of law that once defined the former British colony. Lai, a media mogul ...

HONG KONG - Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Jan 16 told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former US general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late ...

One possibility is a deal that would free Mr. Lai in exchange for Washington’s lifting sanctions on Hong Kong officials such as Mr. Lee.

On a visit to the territory, he calls for China to release imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai ...

Hong Kong and its tech-savvy residents may have fully embraced digital banking, but companies continue to offer unique and fancy red envelopes, or lai see packets, to clients as an inexpensive way ...

Hong Kong (AFP) – Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified on Thursday that he brokered meetings between former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and American establishment figures ...

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai today told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former US general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late 2017 ...