When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese police arrived with a surveillance system. Then came the backlash.

Dong Guangping, 68, fled China at least three other times but was always sent back. His friends hope things might be different this time.

As a senator, Marco Rubio even hinted at the need for regime change in China. Now he talks about cooperation.

Supporters of Mr. Lai, a Hong Kong dissident, and Mr. Dong, a Chinese journalist, hope President Trump will raise their cases with President Xi Jinping.

The court’s decision could have broader implications for lawsuits seeking to hold companies liable for international human rights abuses.