People gather in front of the Chinese Consulate General to protest the conviction of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 14, 2026. Apu Gomes/Getty Images
When President Donald Trump returned to Washington from Beijing and later spoke in a Fox News interview about the prospects of securing the release of Jimmy Lai, his words immediately caught the attention of many Hongkongers worldwide. Trump described the outlook as “not positive.”
Edward Chin was formerly country head of a UK publicly listed hedge fund, the largest of its kind measured by asset under management. Outside the hedge funds space, Chin is the convenor of the 2047 Hong Kong Monitor and a senior adviser of Reporters Without Borders. Chin studied speech communication at the University of Minnesota and received his MBA from the University of Toronto.
