China Took His City. And Now His Father.

中国夺了他的城,如今又夺了他的父。

The Daily

2026-02-27

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When pro-democracy protesters marched in the streets in Hong Kong in 2019, China responded by arresting thousands, including the leaders of the movement. One of the arrested was Jimmy Lai, who had used his newspaper to campaign for democracy. This month, he received a 20-year jail sentence. In an interview, Michael Barbaro speaks to Mr. Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, about the sentence, what it means for the pro-democracy movement and where Hong Kong may go from here. Guest: Sebastien Lai, a democracy activist and the son of the pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai. Background reading: A Hong Kong court sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. The sentence for the media mogul shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity. Listen to our interview with Jimmy Lai from 2020. Photo: Andrew Testa for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • This is the Daily.

  • The pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong brought hundreds of thousands of people out into the streets in 2019.

  • They demanded democracy and that China uphold the freedoms it had promised when it took back the British colony in the late 1990s.

  • For the first time since Beijing imposed a new security law on Hong Kong,

  • police have carried out dozens of arrests and used water cannon and tear gas against protesters.

  • China responded by arresting thousands of protesters, including the leaders of the movement.

  • like a man named Jimmy Lai.

  • For decades, Lai had used his wealth and his newspaper to campaign for democracy.

  • He was a constant thorn in the side of Beijing.

  • We interviewed Lai on the show in 2020, just after he was arrested.