Commentary
Throughout October, I have been on the road in the United States and Canada facilitating the global release of the documentary “The Hongkonger – Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle For Freedom.” Jimmy Lai was a pro-democracy media tycoon in Hong Kong who was crushed by the island’s communist government and arrested on trumped up charges. He is currently in jail on those charges and for participating in the pro-democracy demonstrations.
I went to some small college towns, like Benedictine College in Kansas and Hillsdale College in Michigan, to conduct screenings and discussions about the film. Like the big state colleges with huge numbers of Asian students, some liberal arts colleges in the United States have also demonstrated a strong interest in knowing what is happening in Hong Kong….