With Apple Daily’s Death, Hong Kong Press Feels the Lash
Hong Kongers’ love of press freedom lives on as final edition sells a million copies
The June 24 closure of the rambunctious anti-government broadsheet Apple Daily has the rest of Hong Kong’s press corps in deepening concern about what is likely to happen next as Beijing continues its crackdown on the city.
The feisty anti-Beijing newspaper’s slogan was, “An Apple a day keeps the liars away.” But the paper couldn’t withstand the draconia…
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