'Mr. President, please help us': Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says only Trump can save Hong Kong from China
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai told CNN that President Donald Trump is "the only one who can save us" from China.On Sunday, his newspaper, Apple Daily, published a front-page letter pleading with Trump to save Hong Kong. The letter finishes: "Mr. President, please help us."His plea comes as China passed national security laws that aimed to crack down on anti-Beijing sentiment in Hong Kong.
"Mr. President, you're the only one who can save us," Lai said in a direct plea to Trump. "If you save us and stop China's aggressions, you also save the world." pleading with the US president to defend Hong Kong. The letter finishes: "Mr. President, please help us."this week he thinks Trump should begin with sanctions against Chinese officials.
"The most effective sanction … is to freeze the bank account of the Chinese top officials' corrupt money in the US and in the free world. I think this will scare a lot of them off," he said.Lai's an unusual figure in Hong Kong since he backs pro-democracy groups while being a millionaire. He's been denounced by China's state media as an agent for the CIA, according to
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