Why Jimmy Lai’s Sentencing in Hong Kong Strikes Fear in Taiwan

When a Hong Kong court handed media tycoon and pro-democracy leader Jimmy Lai a two-decade jail term on national security grounds on Monday, his son called it a “death sentence” given Lai’s age, 78, and deteriorating health. Critics across the globe, meanwhile, have described the sentence as a death knell for a once more free Hong Kong—as well as a signal of what could be in store for other places China has its eye on, namely Taiwan.

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