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Hong Kong

Is Beijing Jimmy Lai’s best hope for freedom?
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Supporters hope for deportation as trial of Jimmy Lai nears end
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Jimmy Lai quizzed over ‘seditious retweet’ in HK court
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Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai pleads ‘not guilty’ to Hong Kong sedition charges
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Agnes Chow chooses exile as Hong Kong police warn ‘no return’ for Catholic activist
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Hong Kong police arrest Catholic activist under national security law
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Dialogue with the state ‘not about kowtowing’, says HK bishop
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Chow’s China visit: ‘Our man on the mainland,’ or just a man in the middle?
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Beijing says Catholic HK chief executive can reject Jimmy Lai’s lawyer
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Jimmy Lai trial delayed over ‘national security’ objections to lawyer
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Catholic chief executive says Hong Kong needs new security laws
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Cardinal Zen trial adjourned to October
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