Beijing is gradually extinguishing press freedom in the financial center.
Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 36th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, June 4, 2025. Credit: Chan Long Hei via AP Images
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People in Hong Kong march in protest of a proposed extradition bill, on June 16, 2019. Credit: Charly Monsoon via Flickr
For over ten years, I have taken part in a thrice-weekly Q and A on RTHK Radio, the city’s public service broadcaster, from my base in Washington, D.C. On a recent visit to Hong Kong, I noticed some young RTHK staffers whispering about the n
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