YOUR REMINDER THAT CHINA IS A POLICE STATE AND THE CCP IS A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION: The Railroading of Jimmy Lai. “For 80 days, a pre-ordained theater will unfold in which the Department of Justice will present evidence of Lai’s political connections abroad, and three complicit judges will ensure the process is smooth for the prosecution and difficult for the defense. When it’s over, Lai will be convicted and sentenced to an obscene prison term—probably for the rest of his life. While this will be Lai’s biggest trial, it is not his first. Every trial against him has played out in the same way—highly tenuous allegations presented by the DOJ, followed by forced and illogical rulings from judges determined to send Beijing’s most hated Hongkonger back to prison.”

Another remind: Large chunks of our ruling class see China as a model to be emulated.