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The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation supports democracy & the rule of law for Hong Kong, campaigns on behalf of political prisoners and fights China/CCP interference #FreeJimmyLai #HongKong47 Media inquiries: media@thecfhk.org.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 17/09/2026
A disturbing new report from @thecfhk.bsky.social says Hong Kong prison guards have rehearsed procedures for Jimmy Lai’s death in custody. They shouldn’t be preparing for his death. They should be releasing him. Read the full report: t.co/w49mwcG3DR
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEWSLETTER: Hong Kong is baking in its hottest ever summer, making conditions for political prisoners like Jimmy Lai near unbearable. We're doing everything we can to get him out. 👇 #FreeJimmyLai 🗞️https://hkuncensored.substack.com/p/beijing-turns-up-the-temperature
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEWSLETTER: Hong Kong is helping arm Iran with shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers. Is this what the U.S. gets in return for dropping sanctions on the officials behind the national security crackdown? 🔗https://hkuncensored.substack.com/p/washington-lowers-the-pressure-on
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is the real conspiracy behind the latest evolution in Hong Kong's national security laws. @tom-kellogg.bsky.social shows how sweeping new powers severely undermine defendants’ rights at every stage — from investigation and bail applications to trial proceedings and release.
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Henry Tong, a Hong Kong activist in exile in Taiwan, on finding the strength to keep resisting after the CCP tried to frighten him into silence. #HongKong #TransnationalRepression 🔥https://thecfhk.org/paint-on-my-door-threats-on-my-wall-a-hong-kong-exiles-story-of-resistance/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: @kseniamaximova.bsky.social writes on how Hong Kong's crypto trading rules allow billions to move from sanctioned entities to London's Russian diaspora. #HongKong #CryptoPayments #London #USDT 🔥https://thecfhk.org/the-new-illicit-crypto-corridor-russia-hong-kong-london/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
President Trump helped secure the release of Chinese Pastor Ezra Jin after appealing directly to Beijing. Lyndon Li explores what Britain can learn from America's success in the fight to #FreeJimmyLai. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/america-just-freed-a-chinese-pastor-britain-cant-free-its-own-citizen
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
NEWSLETTER: Hong Kong activists find ways to mark "sensitive" anniversaries; we mourn Causeway Bay Books founder Lam Wing-kee; and the world pushes back against China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Law. 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/six-years-on-beijings-crackdown-goes-global/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Wanted Hong Kong activist Finn Lau writes on why HK Chief Executive John Lee's June expansion of security powers should prompt the U.K. Home Office to prioritize Hong Kong asylum applications. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/hong-kongs-new-security-powers-should-change-how-britain-treats-asylum-claims/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: A veteran Hong Kong journalist writes on how the silencing of Wang Fuk fire survivors shows that the CCP are now denying HK homeowners basic ownership rights. #HongKong #PressFreedom 🔥https://thecfhk.org/in-the-ashes-of-a-deadly-hong-kong-fire-a-banner-too-dangerous-to-hang/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: China analyst Elizabeth Lindley suggests that the West should study #FreeJimmyLai to grasp how freedoms earned over decades can be disappeared in a matter of years. #HongKong #China #Politics 🔥https://thecfhk.org/jimmy-lai-lessons-the-west-must-study-hong-kongs-loss-of-freedoms/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
NEWSLETTER: This week, Chief Executive John Lee gave himself the power to make any case he likes a national security matter. What now for Hong Kong's once respected rule of law? 🔗https://thecfhk.org/john-lee-ends-judicial-independence-in-hong-kong/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Seven years ago, Hong Kongers stood up for democracy and the basic freedoms they were promised. The Hong Kong government responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and truncheons. We'll never forget the protesters' courage. The struggle continues until freedom is won.
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social activists address Tiananmen vigils, Hong Kong police detain June 4 mourners, and @osloff.bsky.social hears from Hong Kongers. #TiananmenSquare #June4 #HongKong 🕯️https://thecfhk.org/remembering-the-tiananmen-massacre/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Chinese dissident Qi Hong, granted asylum in the U.K. after projecting protest messages critical of the CCP onto buildings in Chongqing, reflects on growing up in the shadow of the #TiananmenSquare massacre. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/tiananmens-legacy-is-a-nation-too-afraid-to-speak/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
With #TiananmenSquare memorials banned in Hong Kong amid an oppressive police presence, the duty of keeping the flame of freedom alive in the Chinese-speaking world falls to Taiwan. Picture credit: Artist in Exile. #PillarofShame #June4 #Taipei
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
NEWSLETTER: Our policy and advocacy coordinator, Frances Hui, shares allegations from exile that top Hong Kong prosecutor Anthony Chau abused his office to fund extravagant hotel stays and dinners with a female subordinate. #HongKong #Corruption #PressFreedom 📰 thecfhk.org/hong-kongs-t...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Our advocacy manager, @chloecheung.bsky.social, shares with @thetimes.com the story behind the landmark national security convictions of two men linked to Hong Kong's trade office in London for spying on Hong Kong activists and British parliamentarians. 👀https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518eiPHePI4
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Has China's spy ring of foreign influence operations started to crumble? | Chloe Cheung
YouTube video by Frontline
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
NEWSLETTER: The U.S. Congress is unanimous in its support for President Trump's efforts to free political prisoners in China and Hong Kong, including #FreeJimmyLai and Pastor Ezra Jin. 🔗https://thecfhk.org/congress-unites-behind-political-prisoners-during-trump-xi-summit/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Following the conviction of two men linked to the #HongKong Economic and Trade Office in #London for espionage on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, @chloecheung.bsky.social calls for the government to shut the office without delay. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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It’s time to close London’s Hong Kong trade office
China’s so-called economic centre is at the heart of a recent spying case — it should no longer be granted diplomatic status
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨PETITION: CLOSE THE LONDON HKETO🖊️ A jury has convicted two men linked to #London's Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) of spying on #HongKongers in the U.K. 👉It's time to act. Sign and share the petition. Shut the HKETO. Protect people in Britain: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
NEWSLETTER: Guilty verdicts for Hong Kong trade office spies in London sparks calls to close #HKETOs worldwide. #HongKong #FreeJimmyLai 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-spies-convicted-in-landmark-london-trial/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
PRESS RELEASE: Bill Yuen, office manager at London's Hong Kong Trade Office, and his accomplice Peter Wai, have been found guilty of "assisting a foreign intelligence service" under National Security Act. 👇 thecfhk.org/hong-kong-tr...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: @coyleneil.bsky.social, Labour MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, argues that the U.K. Govt must challenge "industrial scale" Chinese espionage and the role of #HKETOs. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/u-k-right-to-reassess-hong-kong-trade-office-role-amid-industrial-scale-chinese-espionage/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"It would be a huge win for his legacy." @opinion.bloomberg.com's @mbrooker.bsky.social captures why President Trump should follow through on his promise to secure #FreeJimmyLai on humanitarian grounds when they meet in Beijing next week. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Jimmy Lai's Freedom Hinges on Donald Trump's Dealmaking
US President Donald Trump says he will raise the case of imprisoned Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when he meets President Xi Jinping in China next week. It might seem implausible that Beijing would...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
And @consilium.europa.eu sanctioned six other #HongKong traders of sanctioned dual-use components report authors @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @chloecheung.bsky.social identified in"Bypassing the Blockade." 👇 thecfhk.org/research/eur...
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Bypassing the Blockade: How Hong Kong Feeds European Technology Into Russia’s War in Ukraine
A network of Hong Kong-based trading and shell companies is feeding European technology into Russia’s war machine. We drew on battlefield forensics, Hong Kong public records, and records on more than ...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NEWSLETTER: Reporters Without Borders describes #PressFreedom in #HongKong as near "systemic collapse" as the European Union and British Parliament take aim at the city's sanctions-busting traders. 📰https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-drops-to-new-low-in-world-press-freedom-index/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The EU has sanctioned seven companies we identified in our "Bypassing the Blockade" report, authored by @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @chloecheung.bsky.social, as distributing sanctioned military-grade components via #HongKong for use in #Russia's war against #Ukraine. 🗞️ thecfhk.org/european-uni...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
NEWSLETTER: With President Trump set to meet Xi Jinping in just 3 weeks, pressure is building to put freedom of political prisoners, esp pro-democracy publisher #FreeJimmyLai, at the top of the agenda. 📰https://thecfhk.org/u-s-senators-urge-president-trump-to-free-jimmy-lai-on-his-beijing-trip/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Andrei Sannikov, former president-elect of #Belarus, warns that democracy is facing its most severe crisis since the Cold War, but hope remains if the West acts early to support people power. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/from-belarus-to-hong-kong-democracies-must-stand-with-people-power/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
NEWSLETTER: From brazen asset seizures to ballooning #Iran-linked trade, the increasing risk of doing business in #HongKong should make investors sit up and take notice. 📰https://thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundation-leads-new-warning-on-hong-kong-risks/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Eleanora Mongelli calls for #Italy to better protect #HongKong dissidents at risk from #TransnationalRepression by authoritarian regimes. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/transnational-repression-is-a-democratic-vulnerability-that-threatens-hong-kongers-italy-should-respond-accordingly/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🚨U.K. PARLIAMENT EVENT🚨 Join us in #London for an evidence session following the release of our "Bypassing the Blockade: How Hong Kong Feeds European Technology Into Russia’s War in Ukraine" report, co-authored by @chloecheung.bsky.social & @samuelbickett.bsky.social. RSVP to info@thecfhk.org
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
NEWSLETTER: The movement mourns Koo Sze-yiu, who died this week after a lifetime of protest against Chinese Communist Party oppression in #HongKong. 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/veteran-hong-kong-activist-koo-sze-yiu-dies-after-decades-of-challenging-ccp/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: @kongtsunggan.bsky.social reflects on the passing of Koo Sze-yiu, the stalwart #HongKong activist arrested more than a dozen times for protesting injustice and standing up for labor rights. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/koo-sze-yiu-hong-kongs-longest-standing-protester-has-died-aged-80/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
NEWSLETTER: The arrest of independent bookseller Pong Yat-ming and three of his staff further chills freedom of expression in #HongKong as new national security laws give police power to demand digital passwords without a warrant. 📰https://thecfhk.org/what-kind-of-city-locks-up-booksellers/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign's Jonas Helyar argues that democracies need a NATO Article 5-style response to deter hostage-taking by authoritarian states. #HongKong #Iran #Russia 🔥https://thecfhk.org/rise-in-state-hostage-taking-demands-a-united-response/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
STATEMENT: Committee for Freedom in #HongKong President Mark Clifford responds to the arrest of a #HK bookseller on suspicion of selling seditious materials, namely his #JimmyLai biography. 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/cfhk-president-mark-clifford-slams-hong-kong-arrests-linked-to-his-jimmy-lai-biography/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
NEWSLETTER: The trial of the Hong Kong Alliance and its former leaders for "incitement to subversion" reduces to ridicule #HongKong's once celebrated rule of law. 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-alliance-trial-reduced-to-legal-farce/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Stand with Hong Kong's Narayan Liu argues that Europe must tackle #TransnationalRepression stemming from #HongKong if the bloc's bid to be more assertive and sovereign is to succeed. 🔥https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-a-pivotal-test-for-eus-more-assertive-power-projection/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
NEWSLETTER: @wsj.com's editors urge Congress to close #HongKong trade offices in the U.S., amid court revelations regarding the #London #HKETO's use of mercenaries to harass pro-democracy activists. 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/london-hong-kong-trade-office-spy-trial-catches-u-s-media-attention/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: On the anniversary of the 1959 #Tibet uprising, @tibetinitiative.bsky.social's Tenzyn Zochbauer shares why raising the #Tibet flag across #Germany signals solidarity with #Tibetans, #HongKongers, #Uyghurs — targets of #CCP #TransnationalRepression. thecfhk.org/the-politics...
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The Politics of Solidarity: Why German Cities Keep Raising the Tibetan Flag on March 10 - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
This blog is authored by Tenzyn Zöchbauer, executive director at Tibet Initiative Deutschland.  On March 10, hundreds of cities, towns,
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
NEWSLETTER: Shocking evidence of London's #HongKong Economic and Trade Office #HKETO spying on #HK dissidents emerges as U.K. police round up another group of men accused of spying for #China. Where will it all end? 🗞️https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-and-china-spy-probes-rattle-the-u-k/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FLAME OF FREEDOM: It's time for the U.K. Government to stand up to #China's unceasing interference in Britain's domestic affairs, writes our U.K. head of advocacy Tomas Roberto... 🔥https://thecfhk.org/britain-under-siege-what-the-latest-spy-arrests-say-about-britains-hong-kong-and-china-strategy/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social calls on @houseofcommons.parliament.uk's Business & Trade Committee to launch an inquiry into how #HongKong is supplying British tech in support of #Russia's war in #Ukraine. 🔗https://thecfhk.org/ukraine-impact-our-report-shows-how-hong-kong-fuels-russias-war/
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: In #LunarNewYear week, our policy and advocacy manager @chloecheung.bsky.social writes a poem to the #HongKong that raised her, lamenting she cannot return to her home city while it remains under Chinese Communist Party rule. "Dear Hong Kong" — thecfhk.org/dear-hong-ko...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
👏👏 Giulia Pompili for the Italian scoop on our new report in @ilfoglio.bsky.social, highlighting #HongKong traders, epitomized by Woeroon Electronics, delivering sanctioned goods to #Russia. Time to sanction those responsible in #HK and help end war in #Ukraine. www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2026/...
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Da Hong Kong alla Russia. La rete che porta tecnologia europea nella guerra di Putin
Un’indagine basata su dati doganali e componenti recuperati sul campo di battaglia ricostruisce il ruolo dell'ex colonia inglese nella riesportazione di tecnologia europea verso la Russia do...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Thank you for your reporting on our new report and the story of how #HongKong exported high-risk European technology worth at least 191 million euros in the first two years of the full-scale invasion, helping to power #Russia's illegal war in #Ukraine. Full report: thecfhk.org/research/eur...
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Bypassing the Blockade: How Hong Kong Feeds European Technology Into Russia’s War in Ukraine
A network of Hong Kong-based trading and shell companies is feeding European technology into Russia’s war machine. We drew on battlefield forensics, Hong Kong public records, and records on more than ...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🛑PRESS RELEASE: Today, our latest report exposes #HongKong’s role as a primary hub through which European weapons components continue to support #Russia’s war against #Ukraine. Read the full release: thecfhk.org/new-cfhk-rep...
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
For @thehousemag.bsky.social, #HongKong activist @chloecheung.bsky.social asks whether Keir Starmer's #China trip was worth it? "By the measure of national security, moral leadership over #FreeJimmyLai, and strategic prudence, the answer is certainly no..." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Starmer secured a few wins in Beijing – but given China’s ongoing threats to UK security, none justify his visit
Following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Beijing trip, the question remains: was it worth it? By the measure of national security, moral leadership ...
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