Michael Barbaro
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And he actually ends up hiding in a boat, traveling there.
And this was all before your time.
But were these stories that you heard growing up
Well, and he goes from nothing to becoming a multimillionaire.
He eventually buys his own factory.
He launches a clothing company and eventually starts a very popular magazine and then a newspaper, Apple Daily, when Hong Kong was still governed by Britain.
And to so many in Hong Kong and around the world,
he becomes this pro-democracy champion.
To others, including the Chinese government, he's something else.
He is a troublemaker.
But to you, he's your father.
And that's what we want to talk about here.
What kind of dad was Jimmy Lai?
Just before the handover.
He used to have a bear.
Uh, that does suggest a certain, a certain adventurousness.
He pushes boundaries.
Suddenly, you're living with a bear.