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Mark L. Clifford
Mark L. Clifford is the author of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic. He is the president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation.
Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years. The Fight to Free Him Must Go On.
China made an example of Hong Kong’s 78-year-old titan of democracy. But pressure from the West could spare him from dying in prison.
February 9, 2026
Mark L. Clifford
He Fought for Freedom. Then He Chose Prison.
When the Chinese Communist Party came for Jimmy Lai, the billionaire stayed put. ‘I called my people to fight. I can’t let them down.’
December 4, 2024
Mark L. Clifford
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