“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom,” former President George W. Bush famously said. I’ve never been convinced.
“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom,” former President George W. Bush famously said.I think plenty of people don’t give a fig about freedom — not their own, and certainly not anyone else’s. And I think there are those whose most heartfelt desire is to eradicate the freedom of others.
Extraordinary is indeed an apt word for his struggle — and for his life story. As a child in southern China, he eked out a living carrying luggage at a railway station. One day, a passenger gave him a bar of chocolate as a tip. He went on to launch Giordano, a Chinese clothing company he named after a pizza parlor he had visited in America. It became a spectacular success.
In the summer of 2019, Mr. Lai visited Washington, where he met with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and members of Congress. He stopped by my think tank as well. I observed that he was putting himself in peril. He replied that the defense of freedom has always required risk and sacrifice.
A British citizen, Mr. Lai has had opportunities to flee. At 75, he could be spending his remaining years and considerable fortune sipping cocktails on the Riviera.
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