In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Mark Clifford, award-winning journalist and historian of Hong Kong, about his new book Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic. Hong Kong has scores of billionaires, but only one of them dared stand up to China while the city’s freedoms were whittled away. What in Jimmy Lai’s extraordinary life explains such courage? Subscribe to our podcasts Mark Clifford The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation The Troublemaker | Book by Mark L. Clifford | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere: Clifford, Mark L. Let There Be Light: How Electricity Made Modern Hong Kong (Center on Global Energy Policy Series): Clifford, Mark The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom [Full Film] Jimmy Lai’s Fight For Freedom Continues | Panel Discussion The Call of the Entrepreneur | Acton Institute
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