President Donald Trump revealed that he personally pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on two of the most high-profile political prisoners in China during their face-to-face summit.
Trump told reporters he raised the case of Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher, and a detained Christian pastor now identified as Ezra Jin, the founder of Zion Church in Beijing.
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The results were mixed, but the moment still matters. The leader of the free world looked the head of the Chinese Communist Party in the eye and demanded answers on religious persecution.
Trump said Xi’s response on Lai was negative. On the pastor’s case, Trump said he felt “very optimistic, actually.”
.@POTUS on his meeting with President Xi: “I brought up Jimmy Lai, and I would say the response to that was not positive… I did I feel optimistic about the second one that’s now under consideration—the pastor. Very optimistic, actually.” pic.twitter.com/Y3fxWlilCN
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 15,
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