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Trump faces pressure to win China’s release of Jimmy Lai, other political prisoners
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Trump faces pressure to win China’s release of Jimmy Lai, other political prisoners

The Hill · May 13, 2026, 10:00 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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President Trump is facing growing calls from Republicans and Democrats to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to release media mogul Jimmy Lai and other political prisoners during his high-stakes summit in Beijing this week. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have banded together in recent months t

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