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Europe sets out conditions for Ukraine peace deal after Berlin meeting

Meanwhile, US officials have reportedly offered unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Chinese ambassador summoned by Foreign Office over Jimmy Lai verdict

Yvette Cooper says the Foreign Office had summoned China’s top diplomatic representative to the UK to express unhappiness over the guilty verdict

Evening Standard

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Make Jimmy Lai’s release a precondition for closer UK-China ties, son says

Mr Lai is a pro-democracy activist who founded the now-defunct Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer should forcibly show his revulsion at the treatment of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Britain has a responsibility to Hong Kong; it must make any trade deal conditional on Jimmy Lai’s release

Evening Standard

Governments and rights groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai

UK, EU and Australia say guilty verdict against 78-year-old is further blow to democracy and press freedom in territory

The Guardian - UK

Japan’s last pandas set to leave in symbolic moment for breakdown of diplomacy with China

Japan will be without pandas for first time in over 50 years after last pair returns to China next month

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Jimmy Lai’s son accuses China of weaponising the law against his father after activist convicted

Jimmy Lai’s high-profile trial concluded on Monday as he was found guilty on sedition and collusion charges

The Independent UK

Twin pandas will leave Tokyo zoo and leave Japan without a panda for first time in 50 years

Twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to China in late January, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about 50 years

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s conviction condemned as ‘travesty of justice’ that deepens fears over Hong Kong press freedom

Britain, New Zealand and Taiwan condemn ‘politically motivated prosecution’ of media tycoon

The Independent UK

Who is Jimmy Lai? Hong Kong sedition conviction handed out to democracy activist and British national

Jimmy Lai was arrested for his support for Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in 2019

The Independent UK

Extra £19m for domestic abuse survivor safe housing amid ‘national emergency’

£19m will be aimed at giving survivors a ‘fresh start’ in new housing

The Independent UK

Britain condemns ‘politically motivated’ Hong Kong conviction of Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai has been found guilty by a Hong Kong court of conspiracy charges under the territory’s Beijing-imposed national security law.

Evening Standard

Jimmy Lai Net Worth and Trial Fallout: What the Guilty Verdict Means for His Money and Why This News Matters

Jimmy Lai is convicted in Hong Kong's landmark national security trial. Here is what the guilty verdict means for his net worth and frozen assets.

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Euronews

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Jimmy Lai, 78, was found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious articles. The former Apple Daily founder faces life imprisonment.

The Guardian - AU

The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself

Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Lai used his power and wealth to promote democracy, which ultimately pitted him against authorities in Beijing

The Independent UK

Volkswagen's $3.5B gamble: Can it win back share in the competitive Chinese market

Volkswagen is making a big move in China by investing $3.5 billion in a research and development center in the low-key central China city of Hefei, west of Shanghai

Axios

Hong Kong convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai in national security trial

He was charged in 2020 after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the Asian financial hub.

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai is a Hong Kong rags-to-riches media tycoon who became a fierce critic of Beijing

Former media mogul Jimmy Lai, a vocal critic of China's Communist Party, faces a landmark verdict in Hong Kong

The Independent UK

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges

Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong media tycoon convicted – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai, former pro-democracy newspaper founder, to hear verdict in national security case

A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict in the national security case of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on Monday

The Independent UK

MPs pledge support as Jimmy Lai spends 78th birthday in prison ‘for believing in freedom of speech’

British media tycoon’s children raise alarm over his failing health in Hong Kong jail

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