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Jimmy Lai: Media

media mogul imprisoned for criticizing the Chinese government

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Speaking truth to power
Jimmy Lai, shown during a 2020 interview, was imprisoned later that year for speaking...
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“An apple a day keeps the liars away”
Jimmy Lai posing in 1995, just before the debut of his pro-democracy publication...
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Under arrest
Jimmy Lai being led away from the scene of a 2014 anti-government protest.
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