President Trump is facing growing calls from Republicans and Democrats to press Chinese President Xi Jinping to release media mogul Jimmy Lai and other political prisoners during his high-stakes summit in Beijing this week. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have banded together in recent months to draft letters to Trump asking him to…
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Trump faces pressure to win China’s release of Jimmy Lai, other political prisoners
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CitrixNews Staff
Originally reported by The Hill
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