HONG KONG -- Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee during the latter's annual visit to Beijing on Monday as a landmark national security trial for pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai began in the territory.
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Police officers stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts during the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on Dec. 18. © Reuters
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