Have you heard about the British citizen facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a Chinese prison? Perhaps not, because the case – the cause, indeed – of Jimmy Lai has not attracted quite the level of attention in this country that you might expect.
Last week, Lai – founder of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper – was convicted of fraud in Hong Kong.
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