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The Hong Konger: The Story of Jimmy Lai

Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Mary Kissel
Podcast
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai attends a rally near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. Activists massed outside Hong Kong's government headquarters on September 28, vowing to keep up an increasingly tense civil disobedience campaign unless Beijing grants more political freedoms. AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE (Photo by Alex OGLE / AFP) (Photo by ALEX OGLE/AFP via Getty Images)
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai attends a rally near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. (Getty Images)

In this episode of Exploration Film, Mary Kissel discusses The Hong Konger. She reviews the life and sacrifice of Jimmy Lai and unpacks how Hong Kong, once a beacon of freedom, fell under the shadow of authoritarian rule.

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