The board of Next Digital Ltd., which publishes Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, will meet on Monday to decide whether to shut down the pro-democracy newspaper, according to a top adviser to owner Jimmy Lai, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong paper Apple Daily faces closure for constant criticism of Beijing
A Hong Kong newspaper that has been the territory’s fiercest critic of Beijing is set to close within weeks after executives were arrested in a raid by security police and its assets frozen.Despite ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Runs Low on Funds to Print Paper
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper has enough cash on hand to continue operating as normal only for a couple of weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter. Authorities used a sweeping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Lam says China has helped restore ‘stability’
The chief executive of Hong Kong on Sunday said China has helped restore "stability" in the city.Reuters reported that Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Hong Kong's strategy to improve its standing as a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong journalist says newsroom raid ‘sent shudders through the industry’
Five hundred police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors and seize journalistic materials under the city's national security law. The ... ( read original story ...)
We must stand with Hong Kong’s embattled journalists
With newspaper editors following democratically-elected legislators into the dock, freedoms in Hong Kong are being unpicked piece by piece ... ( read original story ...)
In the New Hong Kong, Booksellers Walk a Fine Line
Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city. ( read original story ...)
How Five Hong Kong Protesters Escaped by Speedboat, Found Freedom in the U.S.
The men barely knew each other before crossing the South China Sea to Taiwan. “We were scared to death,” one said of their journey. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily says only has cash for few weeks after assets frozen
Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said on Sunday the freezing of its assets in a national security probe had left the newspaper with cash for "only a few weeks" of normal operations and it ... ( read original story ...)
The Observer view on China’s human rights abuses in Hong Kong
Western leaders must stand up against Beijing’s assault on democractic freedoms and demand the release of imprisoned journalists ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ‘Carefully Examine’ Easing Social Distancing Rules
Hong Kong’s government will “carefully examine” if there’s room to relax social distancing measures with current rules set to expire this week. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to ‘adjust’ Hong Kong office operations in ‘one China’ row
Taiwan will "adjust" the operations of its representative office in Hong Kong after the government there demanded its officials sign a document supporting Beijing's claim to Taiwan under its "one ... ( read original story ...)
Two years on since Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests – in pictures
What started as a reaction against an extradition bill in the summer of 2019 morphed into months of sometimes violent mass protests in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing’s authority ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court denies bail for 2 Apple Daily executives charged under national security law
A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail on Saturday in the first hearing since their arrest two days ago ... ( read original story ...)