Trump Says He Will Push for Release of Jimmy Lai in Xi Talks

Jimmy Lai in 2021.Photographer: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg

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By Kate Queram

October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM UTC

Updated on

October 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM UTC

US President Donald Trump said he would use an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to push for the release of Jimmy Lai, after a group of US lawmakers urged him to appeal for the Hong Kong media mogul’s release.

“I have a lot of respect for Rick Scott and a lot of them that are asking me to do that, and it’s on my list I’m going to ask,” Trump said Friday as he departed Washington for his trip to Asia.