Jimmy Lai convicted—would Western states tolerate similar crimes at home?

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  Hong Kong's High Court has found Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China rights in the city in 2019,

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  guilty on two charges of conspiring to collude with external forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious materials.

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  The central government's Hong Kong liaison office says it supported the Hong Kong special administrative region and the verdict against Lai.

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  The state concepts Hong Kong and Macau affairs office has also the ruling,

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  adding that any attempts to obstruct Hong Kong's efforts to safeguard national security are doomed to fail.

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  Meanwhile,

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  a small number of Western politicians and media outlets have used the pretext of human rights and freedom to smear Hong Kong's rule of law.

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  In response to these claims,

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  today we have invited Professor Qu Qiang from Minzhu University of China to offer his analysis and response.

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  Thanks for joining us, Professor.

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