Former media boss initially told court he felt the US human rights bill targeting Hong Kong was ‘more academic than substance’.

Prosecutors question Lai about his overseas political connections on 31st day of media owner’s verbal testimony in marathon trial.

But Lai says he was eager to engage James Cunningham to help Hong Kong delegation garner US support on extradition bill Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied stirring up opposition against the Hong Kong government at a former American diplomat's behest in the lead-up to the 2019 social unrest.

Hong Kong tried on Tuesday (Jan 21) to reset its relationship with new US President Donald Trump but sent mixed messages by also condemning "malicious" comments by his former deputy about jailed med

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Thursday told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former U.S. general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late 2017, but denied seeking to endanger China's national security.

Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied he acted as a "middleman" to help Taiwan re-establish diplomatic ties with the US.

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.

Officials freak out after the former VP tells the truth about Jimmy Lai.

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

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai is on trial for colluding with foreign powers. Charged under China's national security law, Lai denies allegations of endangering China's security. The trial has drawn international criticism for its perceived political motives amid China's crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.

Prosecutors have accused jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai of paying two former US officials US$3.25 million to brief ex-Taiwan leader Tsai-Ing wen.

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, with prosecutors alleging that ...