BYD, Xiaomi and Innolight executives likely to join Xi Jinping on US visit: sources
Figures from some of China’s most prominent firms – including electric vehicle maker BYD and smart manufacturing giant Xiaomi – are likely to accompany President Xi Jinping on his trip to the US next week, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. The entourage would draw a parallel to the coterie of CEOs that US President Donald Trump brought to Beijing in May, and could signal…
Sebastien Lai, son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, has made an emotional plea for his father's release ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington. Lai, whose father was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February on charges of foreign collusion and seditious publication, called for Xi to consider Jimmy Lai's innocence and the injustice of his imprisonment.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has previously discussed Lai's case with Xi but indicated that his release is unlikely. The plight of Lai has not been the only focus of the US-China talks in Washington, as campaigners and religious leaders also called for the release of other detainees in China, urging Beijing to allow freedom of religion.
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