Hong kong-zhuhai-macau bridge articles
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Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 46
In the 46th month since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, the city held a raft of events to mark National Security Education Day. China’s top man on Hong Kong affairs urged it to prioritise economic development after the passage of a second security law. City officials continued to defend the homegrown […]
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We should not be expected to pretend that press freedom in Hong Kong has survived recent changes intact
A strange, indeed barely believable, controversy has erupted over a question which appears hardly disputable: whether Hong Kong still enjoys the degree of press freedom that it did before 2020. “Nothing has changed” is the official line pushed by government spokesmen in Beijing, echoed by local Grenville Cross in newspaper pieces. For the opposite view we have […]
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YouTube blocks protest anthem in Hong Kong after court order banning the song
The Google subsidiary said it would comply with last week’s court order but said it was disappointed by the decisionYouTube has said it will comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 videos deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security clampdown.The action follows a government application granted by Hong Kong’s court of appeal requesting the ban of a protest anthem called Glory to Hong Kong. The judges warned...