‘Never mess it up’: What Xi and Trump said on day one of Beijing talks
Xi and Trump agree to frame their relationship as ‘constructive, strategic and stable’ on the first day of talks.

Xi and Trump agree to frame their relationship as ‘constructive, strategic and stable’ on the first day of talks.









Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper gets lengthy sentence under Beijing’s national security law.
Lai’s case has been condemned internationally by free speech advocates, human rights groups and global leaders.
Rights groups condemn trial of three activists accused of ‘inciting subversion of state power’.
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G7 governments call on Hong Kong authorities to ‘end such prosecutions’, release pro-democracy media tycoon immediately.
Trump appeals to Chinese leader Xi Jinping after Jimmy Lai convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law.

Hong Kong’s High Court has convicted media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.

Hong Kong’s highest court has found Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition and conspiring to collude with foreign powers.
Advocates have described the verdict as an ‘unlawful’ decision based on ‘trumped-up national security charges’.