China | No news is bad news
Hong Kong’s liberal media are under pressure
The Communist Party in Beijing wants to tighten controls
|HONG KONG
Editor’s note (June 23rd 2021): Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy tabloid, confirmed that it would publish its last issue on June 24th.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “No news is bad news”
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