William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Among his other editor and writer positions, he was based in Hong Kong for several years with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He is the godfather of Jimmy Lai.
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Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
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