NYT > World News To China, Jimmy Lai Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope. Par :Alexandra Stevenson and David Pierson 15 décembre 2025 à 09:45 Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong publisher and democracy campaigner, was convicted of national security charges in a city where even minor dissent is now whispered. © Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesJimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.