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US slams China after Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee and five other protest leaders | South China Morning Post

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US officials slammed China's communist government after seven prominent Hong Kong opposition figures were convicted on April 1, 2021, for organising and taking part in an unauthorised anti-government protest in 2019. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the “politically motivated charges” show that Beijing s…

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