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Podcast: The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
Episode: Mark Clifford: A Political Prisoner Fights for Free Speech in China
Description: Today's guest is Mark Clifford, former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post whose recent book, The Troublemaker, chronicles the life of Jimmy Lai, a man who escaped mainland Communist China to Hong Kong as a child and went on to become a self-made billionaire. But now at age 77, Lai is a political prisoner, currently on trial in China for his unwavering criticism of the government, particularly as it relates to a pro-democracy publication he founded called Apple Daily.
Clifford and Reason's Billy Binion talked about Lai's humble beginnings; his cinematic escape to freedom; his fea...