Overview

• A bipartisan bill introduced in the US House of Representatives seeks to rename the street address of Hong Kong's trade office in Washington, DC, to '1 Jimmy Lai Way.'
• The proposal is co-sponsored by lawmakers from both parties, including Chris Smith, Tom Suozzi, John Moolenaar, and Raja Krishnamoorthi.
• The renaming effort honors Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, who has been jailed since 2020 under Hong Kong's national security law.
• The bill also directs the US Postal Service to deliver mail to Hong Kong's offices in New York and San Francisco if addressed to '1 Jimmy Lai Way.'
• This symbolic gesture follows recent US sanctions on six Hong Kong officials and mirrors past street renamings to critique human rights abuses, such as Boris Nemtsov Plaza and Jamal Khashoggi Way.