Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
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Hong Kong’s economy staged a powerful comeback last year, growing at its fastest pace since 2021 as resilient trade and a resurgence in investment defied global headwinds.
Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.
Hong Kong private home prices rose 3.3% in 2025, marking the first rise since 2021, government data showed on Wednesday, as interest rate cuts and declining housing inventory bolstered market sentiment.
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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.
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