Overlooking China’s Tyranny Endangers Japan’s Security; Suppression of Hong Kong Democracy Leaves No One Safe

By Patrick Poon / Special to The Japan News
17:01 JST,
December 25, 2024
Hong Kong legal scholar Benny Tai was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Hong Kong’s High Court last month under the national security law. Tai, a cofounder of the Occupy Central movement in 2014, which came to be known as the 79-day Umbrella Movement, was the initiator of an unofficial primary elec...
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