Hopes for the release of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai are higher following U.S. President Donald Trump's return to office, Lai's son said on Tuesday in Washington, where he and advocates plan to meet Trump administration officials.

Marco Rubio told President José Raúl Mulino that Panama had to reduce Chinese influence over the canal or face potential retaliation from the United States

Trump threatened to take back the canal because of what he called Chinese influence. CK Hutchison, a Hong Kong company, is selling its control in a firm that ran two ports on the canal.

Starting with a comprehensive design for an intelligent satellite manufacturing center, the company acquired Hong Kong's first AIT satellite intelligent production line, a pioneering initiative that filled a critical gap in the satellite industry across Hong Kong and Asia.

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied in his national security trial that he asked the US to sanction China after the national security law came into effect.

City not required to impose new duties on US goods, economist warns move could create 'price gap' for mainland buyers shopping in Hong Kong

The Treasury claimed that the Hong Kong entities procured components for Iranian firm Pishtazan Kavosh Gostar Boshra and its subsidiary, Narin Sepehr Mobin Isatis, which were known for supplying Iran’s drone and ballistic missile programmes and remained under US sanctions.