Trump faces pressure to win China’s release of Jimmy Lai, other political prisoners
Source: The Hill News · Bias: Center
Summary
President Trump is facing growing calls from Republicans and Democrats to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to release media mogul Jimmy Lai and other political prisoners during his high-stakes summit in Beijing this week. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have banded together in recent months to draft letters to Trump asking him to…
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