Jimmy Lai’s Life, in Photos and Video

New York Times - WorldEN 7 min read 100% complete by The New York TimesDecember 15, 2025 at 04:42 AM

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Jimmy Lai, born in China in 1948, fled to Hong Kong in 1961 and built a successful apparel empire. Inspired by the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, he became a pro-democracy advocate and established a popular Hong Kong newspaper critical of the Chinese Communist Party. Lai attributed his success to Hong Kong's freedoms and dedicated himself to defending them. On Monday, December 14, 2025, Lai was convicted in Hong Kong on charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious material, stemming from his pro-democracy activism and opposition to the Chinese government. The charges are related to a national security trial.

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