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South China Morning Post on 2024-01-26 10:55

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai backed second Donald Trump term, told Apple Daily not to target then US president, court hears

Jimmy Lai believed then US president Donald Trump would take hardline approach on the mainland through imposing ‘large-scale sanctions’, prosecution ...

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