Lord Cameron calls for release of jailed HK tycoon

2 hours ago About sharing All eyes are on Hong Kong as Jimmy Lai’s long-awaited trial begins in the city on Monday By Kelly Ng BBC News Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s long-awaited trial over charges that he “colluded with foreign forces” has begun in Hong Kong. The 76-year-old, who has been behind bars since…

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How Taiwan became a semiconductor superpower

13 hours ago About sharing Chips have driven Taiwan’s astonishing economic success By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Taiwan When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world. He grew up in a fishing village surrounded by sugarcane fields. He had attended…

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