The case against Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, has become a symbol of Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.

The media tycoon, a Chinese-born British citizen, had been a persistent critic of Beijing. The sentence is the harshest penalty so far under a national security law.

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling ...

Action film by Rawson Marshall Thurber starring Dwayne Johnson and Neve Campbell, Skyscraper will air on TF1 on Sunday, ...

Lai, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was among the first prominent figures arrested under Beijing's security law in August 2020.

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The director, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, lost a lucrative production deal during the #MeToo era. Now, as Kevin E G Perry reports, he is plotting a Hollywood comeback ...

John Woo’s 2023 action thriller Silent Night is now streaming on Peacock, marking the Hong Kong filmmaker’s first Hollywood return since 2003. The film stars Joel Kinnaman as a father seeking revenge ...

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Netflix has officially unveiled its 2026 Chinese-language slate, promising a shift toward “bolder concepts and grittier ...