pro-democracy protests. The leaders of the Umbrella Movement were sentenced to as long as 16 months in prison.

“Everybody living in Hong Kong knows that the law system is fundamentally different between Hong Kong and China,” Lai said.

As a radio host, Lai relied on freedom of speech, which is protected by the Basic Law in Hong Kong — the constitutional document that enshrines a degree of autonomy under the “one country, two systems” principle. That framework was meant to allow the region to retain its own social, legal and political systems for 50 years following its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

The changes, critics fear, would allow the Chinese regime to take more political prisoners.

Fenella Sung immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in 1991. She pointed toOver the offseason, the St. Louis Cardinals were consistently mentioned in trade rumors surrounding third baseman Josh Donaldson. However, their proposal to the Toronto Blue Jays for the former All-Star was largely unknown, until now.

It turns out the Cardinals offered impressive rookie pitcher Jack Flaherty and one other player for Donaldson, an anonymous Blue Jays official told Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY. Of course, Toronto rejected the offer, opting to retain the 2015 American League MVP.

In the end, Toronto wound up trading Donaldson - whose value was hampered by shoulder and calf injuries that held him to 36 underwhelming games for the club this season - to the Cleveland Indians on Aug. 31 for a player to be named later, widely believed to be pitching prospect Julian Merryweather.

Meanwhile,