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Starmer’s Beijing test: Free Jimmy Lai, not chase Xi’s empty promises
China’s most feared critic and a British citizen, Lai has now spent more than five years in prison, much of it in solitary confinement. As Keir Starmer heads to Beijing, securing the media tycoon’s release would show that UK influence still matters in an age of authoritarian power, says Mark L Clifford
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independent.co.uk
Starmer’s Beijing test: Free Jimmy Lai, not chase Xi’s empty promises
China’s most feared critic and a British citizen, Lai has now spent more than five years in prison, much of it in solitary confinement. As Keir Starmer heads to Beijing, securing…
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‘Free Jimmy Lai’ message projected onto London landmarks as Starmer visits China
A message calling for the release of Jimmy Lai has been projected onto the side of the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge. 78-year-old Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy…
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theguardian.com
Starmer thaws China relations: what’s at stake? - The Latest
Keir Starmer has landed in China to meet Xi Jinping, in the first trip to the country by a UK prime minister in eight years. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to Guardian political editor…