Hong Kong authorities today sentenced pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 years behind bars. It’s the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has quashed dissent on the island. Tom Grundy, editor-in-chief at the Hong Kong Free Press, speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about the implications.
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