This episode contains strong language.Jimmy Lai was born in mainland China but made his fortune in Hong Kong, starting as a sweatshop worker and becoming a clothing tycoon. After the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, he turned his attention to the media, launching publications critical of China’s Communist Party.“I believe in the media,” he told Austin Ramzy, a Hong Kong reporter for The New York Times. “By delivering information, you’re actually delivering freedom.”In August, he was arrested under Hong Kong’s new Beijing-sponsored national security law.Today, we talk to Mr. Lai about his life, his arrest and campaigning for democracy in the face of China’s growing power.Guests: Austin Ramzy, who covers Hong Kong for The New York Times, spoke with Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon and founder of Apple Daily.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily&nbsp;</a>Background reading:&nbsp;<ul><li>In August, Mr. Lai, his two sons and four executives from Apple Daily<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests-lai-national-security-law.html?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> were arrested</a> under the new national security law. The publication was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/world/asia/hong-kong-apple-daily-jimmy-lai.html?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a target and a test case</a> for the government’s authority over the media.</li></ul>

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