Change reflects both transformation of US in Trump era and China’s increasing confidence on world stage

The meeting will be a stark display of Trump and Xi’s shared anti-human rights vision of transactional geopolitics. Accountability will have to come from elsewhere.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping is considering the case of detained pastor Ezra Jin Mingri.

Change reflects both transformation of US in Trump era and China’s increasing confidence on world stage

Trump said he discussed Lai’s detention alongside other religious and human rights cases, including a pastor imprisoned in the country.

Family and supporters had hoped the US president could help free the 78-year-old British citizen during summit talks in Beijing