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Hong Kong media mogul found guilty in landmark National Security trial | East Asia Tonight Dec 15

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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee welcomes the court ruling against Lai, calling his actions shameful. Also on East Asia Tonight: Japan’s foreign ministry attempts to ease tensions with Beijing, in a partial spell-out of a long-standing 1972 Joint Communique on its respect for China’s position on Taiwan. Meanwhile Beijing slaps sanctions on a former chief of staff in Japan’s defence forces amid its fallout with Japan over Taiwan. And Chinese President Xi Jinping warns against inflated data and vanity projects.

00:00 Introduction
01:33 Former media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in Hong Kong
08:08 Taiwan cabinet refuses to implement law on revenue sharing
16:15 Xi warns against inflated growth figures
32:59 Australia proposes tougher national gun laws after Bondi terror attack
38:33 China-Japan spat
46:12 Chip smuggling insights with Eric Grunewald (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy)

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