HONG KONG -- Geopolitical drama is heating up over the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, after U.S. President Donald Trump's new administration weighed in publicly for the first time and the city's government fired back.
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Hong Kong's West Kowloon courthouse, where media mogul Jimmy Lai is being tried for alleged national security offenses, on Feb. 10. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
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