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Can you provide some actual sources?

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-09/The-Jimmy-Lai-verdict-...

> From a legal perspective, the Lai judgment reflects the institutional professionalism of Hong Kong's courts. The proceedings were conducted in accordance with established judicial practice, with extensive evidence presented, tested and assessed under the criminal standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The judgment, running more than 800 pages, was published in full, demonstrating the court's commitment to transparency and reasoned decision-making.

That's the 2nd paragraph in the article. In my experience, articles that have to go to this extent to really convince the reader that the court is so above rapproach have an agenda. And gee, coming from a CCP state media outlet, I wonder what that agenda could be...

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel)

> CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

Communist forces meaning the authoritarian government of China, the CCP?

So authoritarian that its by far one of the most popular govt on Earth [1].

[1] https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index

The DPRK government is far more popular. Xi has a lot of work to do before an entire country will cry for three days straight to mourn his death!

I think it's illegal in China for the government to be unpopular...

Otherwise you get 20 years in prison.

Lol what is this website - after a few seconds the page changes to a giant donation box - trying to exit that brings up an additional popup.

Top quality stuff.

you didn’t even link anything specifically just a random lading page that doesn’t mention anything you just claimed

@dang this is obviously a troll account.

How is that related?

Get out of here with this Wolf Warrior jingoist bullshit. Your country was brutally suppressing a democratic movement in Hing Kong and Lai is only guilty of publishing books critical of the politburo. Which I might add is carrying out a genocide in Xianjang, illegally occupies Tibet, and mudrered perhaps thousands in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989. You'll note you can't even post on chinese social media anything containing both "Tiananmen Square" and "1989", and you call Lai a fascist... pathetic.

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