As Donald Trump departed Washington for his high-stakes Asia tour, he’s carrying one more item on his already full diplomatic checklist: the fate of Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy media mogul.

According to a report by Bloomberg, the US president said he plans to raise Lai’s case when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. The statement came shortly after a bipartisan group of over 30 US lawmakers, led by Florida Senator Rick Scott, urged him to personally intervene.

“I have a lot of respect for Rick Scott and a lot of them that are asking me to do that, and it’s on my list, I’m going to ask,” Trump told reporters before leaving Washington.

The letter, signed by senators and members of Congress, warned that Lai’s health is deteriorating. “Time is no

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