Joshua Wong jailed for 10 years over bid to instigate sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong

Jailed Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has been slapped with an additional nine years and 10 months behind bars for his role in a global campaign to instigate sanctions against mainland China and the city in the aftermath of the 2019 anti-government protests. The High Court on Thursday sentenced Wong to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring with fugitive ex-lawmaker Nathan Law Kwun-chung and other activists to collude with foreign forces after Beijing imposed the national...