News Snapshot:
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was released on bail, more than a day after he and other China critics were rounded up by police. It comes as part of an increasing crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping security law in June. Lai was among ten people detained under the new security law on August 10 as around 200 police officers searched the newsroom of his tabloid, which is critical of Beijing. People in Hong Kong rushed to buy Tuesday’s Apple Daily in a display of solidarity for Lai. The newspaper said it had...
