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Hong Kong tycoon and dissidents praise US president’s hardline approach towards China but others dispute its authenticity. J immy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon and one of the most prominent pro-democracy figures in the city, waded into the US election in its final days, with an enthusiastic endorsement of the incumbent in his Apple Daily newspaper. “I find a stronger sense of security in [Donald] Trump,†he wrote in an editorial that praised the US president for his “hardline†approach to Beijing. His position is echoed by many in Hong Kong’s increasingly battered pro-democracy movement, across Taiwan and among many...