Hong Kong Journalists Remain Defiant Despite Media Clampdown


Source: democracychronicles.org democracychronicles.org

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China has definitely put an end to democracy in Hong Kong. There, however, are a few remaining pockets of resistance. William Yang (Taipei) had this information in DW. Here is an excerpt: Hong Kong’s Citizen News had just celebrated its fifth anniversary in the first few days of 2022, but the independent news outlet abruptly announced its decision to close down on the evening of January 2 . The next day, the front page of the website was filled with sentimental reflections from their journalists. Rather than writing other people’s stories as usual, they were expressing their complicated feelings and...