JIMMY LAI

China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing’s control.

Hong Kong FILE - Hong Kong Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong, Dec. 12, 2020. The crackdown continued early Monday with the arrest of another veteran journalist, Allan Au Ka-lun, a teaching consultant who'd worked for a number of Hong Kong media outlets. Lai's son, Sebastien Lai, was quoted as urging U.N. special rapporteurs to investigate Chinese and Hong Kong authorities' actions against Hong Kong residents. When Britain withdrew its judges, China reacted furiously, accusing Britain of flagrant interference and harm to Hong Kong’s judicial system. Au had been a teaching consultant at Chinese University’s journalism school and had previously worked for Hong Kong media outlets TVB and RTHK.

The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor.

A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong’s Legislature on Monday following an election without opposition candidates.

Hong Kong Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Hong Kong police raided the office of the online news outlet on Wednesday after arresting several people for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. They later also arrested a seventh person, a former Apple Daily editor who is married to the arrested former Stand News editor. Those convicted could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($640). Chan, who is also chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was taken away for questioning, the organization confirmed in a statement.

The shuttering of Stand News followed a police raid and arrests. One activist said Hong Kong is now "little more than a police state."

Hong Kong Editor of Stand News Patrick Lam, center, is escorted by police officers into a van after they searched evidence at his office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Hong Kong police raided the office of the online news outlet on Wednesday after arresting several people for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. Those convicted could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($640). Chan, who is also chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was taken away for questioning, the organization confirmed in a statement. The journalists' association urged the city's government to protect press freedom in accordance with Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors, board members and a journalist.

As China's crackdown on dissent continues, Amnesty International blasts conviction of Jimmy Lai, 2 others, "simply for their involvement in a peaceful, socially distanced vigil."

Hong Kong FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Hong Kong tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist Lai and two others were convicted Thursday, Dec. 9, for their roles in last year's banned Tiananmen candlelight vigil, amid a crackdown on dissent in the city and Beijing's tightening political control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) (Kin Cheung)HONG KONG — (AP) — Hong Kong tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai and two others were convicted Thursday for their roles in last year’s banned Tiananmen candlelight vigil, amid a crackdown on dissent in the city and Beijing’s tightening political control. The Hong Kong Alliance previously organized a candlelight vigil in the city's Victoria Park on June 4 each year to mark the bloody crackdown on protesters campaigning for more democracy in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. Prior to the ban, massive crowds attended the annual candlelight vigil and it was the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the 1989 crackdown in Beijing.

Hong Kong tycoon and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai and two others have been convicted for their roles in last year’s banned Tiananmen candlelight vigil, amid a crackdown on dissent in the city and Beijing’s tightening political control.

The new head of Hong Kong's Catholic diocese expressed hope Saturday that he could foster healing in a congregation and a city divided by the continuing fallout from massive anti-government protests in 2019. Bishop Stephen Chow spoke to the gathered after his ordination in the 19th-century Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. “As the bishop of the Catholic diocese in Hong Kong and as a local church, (I) would very much like to take up a meaningful role to foster healing and connections in our church and for our hometown, this beloved hometown,” he said.

Hong Kong authorities have declined to renew a visa for a foreign journalist working for The Economist without any explanation.

The American Chamber of Commerce says U.S. businesses operating in Hong Kong should reassess their operations and decide if the risks of operating in the city are worth the reward.

The press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has put Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on its list of “predators.”.

The fearlessness and irreverence of Apple Daily was highly prized in a society titling toward authoritarian dominion.

China has promoted Hong Kong's top security official to the territory's No. 2 spot as Beijing clamps down on free speech and political opposition.

The final edition of Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy paper sold out in hours, as readers scooped up all 1 million copies of the Apple Daily.

Hong Kong Last issue of Apple Daily arrive at a newspaper booth in Hong Kong, early Thursday, June 24, 2021. Since then, Beijing has imposed a strict national security law — used in the arrests of the newspaper employees — and revamped Hong Kong's election laws to keep opposition voices out of the legislature. It was the first time the national security law had been used against journalists for something they published. China was shaken by the breadth of the protests and responded with tough measures, including the national security law, which makes calls for Hong Kong's independence illegal. A court ruled last month that Tong will stand trial without a jury, a departure from Hong Kong's common law traditions.

The emotional closure of the newspaper, which attracted dozens of supporters, reflects a dizzying loss of freedoms in Hong Kong.

The tabloid's closure, days after its assets were frozen, is a blow to media freedom in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong FILE - In this Friday, June 18, 2021, file photo, copies of the Apple Daily newspaper are packed at the printing house in Hong Kong. Apple Daily was founded by tycoon Jimmy Lai in 1995 — just two years before Britain handed Hong Kong back to China — and initially was a tabloid known for its celebrity gossip. The widely expected move to close Apple Daily followed last week’s arrests and crucially the freezing of $2.3 million of the paper’s assets. Apple Daily has in recent years come under increasing scrutiny over its pro-democracy stance. “It is clearer than ever that the (national security law) is being used to curtail freedom and punish dissent.”The national security law imposed last year criminalizes subversion, secession, terrorism and foreign collusion.

The pro-democracy newspaper will run its last edition on Saturday — signaling the end to Hong Kong's once freewheeling and muckraking reporting environment as well.

Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper will publish its last edition Thursday.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily says its board of directors has asked authorities to unfreeze some assets so that it can pay salaries.

The effort to silence the newspape is emblematic of Beijing’s broader crackdown.

Hong Kong Apple Daily A pro-democracy activist holding a copy of Apple Daily newspaper protests outside a court in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 19, 2021, to demand to release political prisoners. Three others also arrested Thursday — two Apple Daily senior editors and another executive — have not been charged yet and were released on bail late Friday pending further investigation. The Apple Daily has long been one of the most outspoken defenders of civil liberties in Hong Kong. He has also been charged under the national security law. The U.S. has imposed sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials over the crackdown and called for the immediate release of the Apple Daily editors and executives.

A Hong Kong court has ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail.

Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has increased its print run more than fivefold to 500,000 copies as residents lined up to buy the paper in a show of support for beleaguered press freedoms, a day after police arrested five top editors and executives.

Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law against a pro-democracy newspaper for the first time Thursday, arresting five editors and executives on charges of collusion with foreign powers. Police said they had strong evidence that more than 30 articles published by Apple Daily played a “crucial part” in a conspiracy with foreign countries to impose sanctions against China and Hong Kong, in response to a crackdown on civil liberties in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Apple Daily has

This is the second time that the offices of Apple Daily have been raided. Last year, 200 officers showed up to arrest its owner, media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

The editor-in-chief and four other executives of the paper were also arrested on Thursday morning.

The five editorial executives, including the editor in chief, were arrested Thursday morning amid a raid of the news outlets' offices.

The five editorial executives, including the editor in chief, were arrested Thursday morning amid a raid of the news outlets' offices.

Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four other senior executives of the pro-democracy Apple Daily under the national security law and searched its offices, media reported.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorized assemblies during massive 2019 anti-government protests that triggered a crackdown on dissent.

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is already serving time for taking part in other demonstrations in 2019.

Hong Kong Jimmy Lai FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, center, leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday, May 28, 2021 over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent in the city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) (Kin Cheung)HONG KONG — (AP) — Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent in the city. He is also being investigated under the city’s sweeping national security law, imposed last year, for colluding with foreign powers to intervene in the Hong Kong affairs. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement called on Hong Kong authorities to drop charges filed against people “merely for standing for election or for expressing dissenting views.”Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to more jail time over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack down on dissent in the city.

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities step up a crackdown on dissent in the city. Lai and nine others were charged with incitement to take part in an unauthorized assembly when they walked down a road with thousands of residents on Oct. 1, 2019, to protest against dwindling political freedoms in Hong Kong. Lai, 73, was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities step up a crackdown on dissent in the city. Lai and nine others were charged with incitement to take part in an unauthorized assembly when they walked down a road with thousands of residents on Oct. 1, 2019, to protest against dwindling political freedoms in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Vigil Ban FILE-In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, file photo, thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil for victims of the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown three decades ago on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at Victoria Park in Hong Kong. Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil to commemorate the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, organizers said Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (Vincent Yu)HONG KONG — (AP) — Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil commemorating the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, organizers said Thursday. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which organizes the candlelight vigil annually, said in a statement that the police had objected to the event because of social distancing restrictions, which prohibit large gatherings. For years, Hong Kong and Macao were the only cities in China where people were allowed to mark the 1989 anniversary of Beijing’s crushing of the Chinese democracy movement.

Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil commemorating the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Hong Kong Election Law Pro-China lawmakers attend the second meeting of "Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021" at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Thursday, May 27, 2021. Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday moved closer towards amending electoral laws that would drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote for lawmakers and increase the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city. The number of legislators elected directly by Hong Kong voters will be cut to 20, from the previous 35. Pro-Beijing lawmakers lauded the bill during the debate on Wednesday and Thursday, saying that reforms would prevent those not loyal to Hong Kong from running for office. China’s rubber-stamp parliament in March endorsed changes to the city’s electoral system, which then led to Hong Kong’s proposals.

Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a bill amending electoral laws that drastically reduces the public’s ability to vote and increases the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city.

Hong Kong’s legislature has resumed its debate on changing electoral laws to drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote for lawmakers and increase the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers making decisions for the city.

Chinese online nationalism has a new target: The popular Thai drama “Girl from Nowhere” distributed by Netflix.

Hong Kong Politics FILE - In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (Vincent Yu)HONG KONG — (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday defended the freezing of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai's assets as a necessary move under the city's new national security law to protect the safety of all Chinese people. “It means the Hong Kong government is very serious and rigorous when dealing with national security matters, because it involves something that endangers national security, not just the safety of Hong Kong society, but also the safety of 1.4 billion Chinese people,” Lam said. The freezing of Lai’s assets led the Hong Kong stock exchange to halt trading of shares in Next Digital on Monday. Last week, Apple Daily's Taiwan version said it would move online because “pro-China forces” had blocked access to advertising for its flagship Apple Daily and other publications in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is defending the freezing of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s assets as a necessary move under the city’s new national security law to protect the safety of all Chinese people.

HONG KONG — (AP) — The Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday halted the trading of Next Digital shares, days after authorities froze assets belonging to its founder Jimmy Lai. Next Digital said in a filing that it requested the halt after authorities announced that it had frozen Lai’s assets Friday. Next Digital published pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, and the company was founded by Lai, its controlling shareholder. Lai is currently serving a 14-month prison sentence for his role in two separate unauthorized assemblies in 2019. He is also under investigation by the national security department for allegedly colluding with foreign powers and endangering national security.

The Hong Kong stock exchange has halted trading of Next Digital shares at the media company's request after assets belonging to its founder, Jimmy Lai, were frozen.

5 of the leading pro-democracy voices from the city were sent to prison, but four others, including an 82-year-old former lawmaker, got suspended sentences.

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A Hong Kong court has sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing.

Hong Kong had enjoyed a vibrant political culture and freedoms not seen elsewhere in China during the decades it was a British colony. Former lawmaker and barrister Martin Lee leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts following a hearing on April 1, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. As a result of the clampdown, most of Hong Kong's outspoken activists are now in jail or in self-exile abroad. "It is our badge of honor to be in jail for walking together with the people of Hong Kong." In a 2019 interview with CBS News' Ramy Inocencio, he also disagreed with a name he's often given: the "father of Hong Kong's democracy."

Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have been convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent.

A police officer stands guard outside High Court in Hong Kong Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai is back in court for another attempt to apply for bail before his trial in April, on the charge of "collusion with foreign forces," a new crime in Hong Kong invented by the National Security Law that Beijing imposed last year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)HONG KONG – Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was again denied bail on Thursday ahead of his April trial on charges of colluding with foreign forces. Arrested and charged in early December, Lai was at first denied bail then granted it on appeal under strict conditions amounting for a form of house arrest. That prompted a withering attack on the Hong Kong judiciary by the ruling Communist Party newspaper People's Daily.

Pro-democracy lawmaker Martin Lee arrives at a court in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The two who pleaded guilty were Au Nok-hin and Leung Yiu-chung, both former members of the Hong Kong legislature. Au pleaded guilty to both charges, while Leung pleaded guilty just to participating in an illegal assembly. The arrests were condemned by the United States and other countries, which have grown increasingly at odds with China over its Hong Kong policy. AdChina's legislature then approved a national security law for Hong Kong in June that further clamped down on dissent.

Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal where the government is arguing against allowing him bail in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Hong Kongs Court of Final Appeal denied bail Tuesday for prominent democracy advocate and newspaper founder Lai, upholding the government prosecutions appeal. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court on Tuesday denied bail for government critic and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai who is facing charges under a sweeping new national security law. First refused bail, Lai was later released on appeal, leading to editorials attacking Hong Kong’s judiciary in the pages of the ruling Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily. The national security law was imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing after the city’s local legislature was unable to overcome local opposition to its enactment.

Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai arrives at Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal where the government is arguing against allowing him bail in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai returned to court Monday to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under a sweeping new national security law. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)HONG KONG – Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai returned to court Monday to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under a sweeping new national security law. Lai is charged with collusion with foreign forces, an offense under the national security law. The national security law was imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing after the city's local legislature was unable to overcome opposition to its enactment.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, arrives the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Hong Kong government prosecutors appeal against the bail granted to Lai. Lai was granted bail on Dec 23, nearly three weeks after he was remanded in custody over fraud and national security-related charges. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG – Hong Kong's highest court on Thursday revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Lai had been granted bail on Dec. 23 after three weeks in custody on charges of fraud and endangering national security.

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“My friends in the U.K. have been telling everyone to move their money out of Hong Kong,” said Simon Lee, co-director of the international business and Chinese enterprise program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. “In terms of the safety of assets, Hong Kong is no different from China now.”Still, Hong Kong plays a vital role as a conduit for capital into and out of China. AdvertisementAlthough the company is headquartered in London, the bulk of the bank’s business is in Hong Kong and mainland China. It was later pilloried in Hong Kong by pro-Beijing figures for not supporting the national security law early on. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she can no longer access banks because of U.S. sanctions.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court, in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Lai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, has been charged under the citys national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG – Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's new national security law. Lai faces a charge of collusion with foreign elements to endanger national security, apparently for tweets he made and interviews or commentaries he did with foreign media. Lai, the highest-profile person charged under the security law, has also been arrested for other alleged offenses this year.

HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports. Lai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local broadcaster TVB reported Friday. He is the most high-profile person to be charged under the law since it was implemented in June. Police said in a statement that they arrested a 73-year-old man under the national security law, but did not name him. Lai was arrested under the national security law in August.

In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 photo, Jimmy Lai arrives at a court in Hong Kong. Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon who was arrested during a crackdown on dissent was charged Wednesday Dec. 2, 2020, with fraud but no national security offenses, two newspapers reported. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG – Outspoken Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge amid a growing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Hong Kong police said in a statement Wednesday that it had arrested three men on charges of fraud, without naming them. The British government had slammed Lai’s August arrest and said the security law was being used to crush dissent.

Pro-democracy activists Jimmy Lai, left, and Leung Kwok-hung, right, arrive at a court in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Hong Kong police raided the private offices of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Lai on Thursday, according to Lai's aide. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG – Hong Kong police raided the private offices of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai on Thursday, according to Lai’s aide. Lai, 71, is an outspoken pro-democracy figure who regularly criticizes China’s authoritarian rule and Hong Kong’s government. Pro-democracy supporters say the legislation effectively ends the “one country, two systems” framework under which semi-autonomous Hong Kong has been operating under since Beijing took over the former British colony in 1997.

Seven human rights experts affiliated with the U.N. raised concerns over Hong Kong's national security law in a letter addressed to Chinese authorities, saying that the law infringed on certain fundamental rights. The security law makes secessionist, subversive, or terrorist activities illegal, as well as foreign intervention in the citys internal affairs. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has insisted that it will help bring stability back to Hong Kong after months of unrest. The security law extends beyond Hong Kong, targeting anyone overseas who violates it, although it is not clear how it would be enforced. The letter follows the first in-depth appraisal of the Hong Kong security law from the U.N. human rights system, though officials including U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet have previously expressed concerns about it.

Pro-democracy legislator Ted Hui, center, is arrested by police officers in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Hong Kong police arrested 16 people Wednesday on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested 16 people Wednesday on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers. The chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, Wu Chi-wai, called the arrests of Lam and Hui ridiculous." Since the start of the protests in June 2019, Hong Kong police has made more than 9,000 arrests.

FILE - In this July 1, 2020, file photo, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong. Governments around the world are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to justify crackdowns on press freedom. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)Governments around the world are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to justify or to divert attention from crackdowns on press freedom. Jimmy Lai's arrest in Hong Kong, for instance, shortly followed enactment of a new national security law that gives China more power to squash dissent in Hong Kong. We dont see the robust condemnation that we would expect from the U.S. over press freedom crackdowns or deaths of journalists in custody, Radsch said.

Hong Kong media tycoon and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, sits in a car as he leaves a police station after being bailed out in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG Jimmy Lai had just finished his morning exercise and was catching up on the news when the police arrived. There were 15, 20 policemen there, and they said I was under arrest and that they were from the national security department, the Hong Kong media tycoon recounted in a live-streamed video chat Thursday. Chinese and Hong Kong officials say most cases will be handled locally. The stock surged more than 1,100% to 1.61 Hong Kong dollars before settling around 0.38 Hong Kong dollars on Thursday.

Copies of Apple Daily newspaper with front pages featuring Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are displayed for sale at a newsstand in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Hong Kong police have arrested Lai and raided the publisher's headquarters, broadening their enforcement of a new security law and raising fears about press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG Long lines of people bought up copies of the Apple Daily paper at Hong Kong newsstands Tuesday to support a free press in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The government is suppressing freedom of the press, said Michael Hung, who bought two copies for 10 Hong Kong dollars ($1.25) apiece. Earlier, owner Jimmy Lai, his two sons and others from the company were detained under the national security law.

Shares rose Monday in Sydney, Shanghai and Seoul, while markets were closed in Tokyo for a holiday. Stock prices fell in Hong Kong after the authorities arrested pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers. An aide to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says Lai was arrested under the citys national security law. Hong Kong police said seven people had been arrested on suspicion of violating that law. The national security law came into effect June 30 and is widely seen as a means to curb dissent after anti-government protests rocked Hong Kong last year.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview Hong Kong Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Lai said in an interview Wednesday that Hong Kong is dead under the new national security law. Lai, who owns popular newspaper Apple Daily, is a prominent advocate for democracy in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)HONG KONG When Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrived in Hong Kong at age 12, the city felt like heaven to him, brimming with hope and freedom. He founded the Apple Daily tabloid in 1995, ahead of Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China.

Police Officers escort Jimmy Lai out of his House on April 18, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. The Hong Kong police have arrested 14 people involved in last years anti-government protest including pan-democrat lawmakers. The Trump administration on Saturday condemned Hong Kong's arrests of 15 activists, including veteran politicians, a publishing tycoon and senior barristers, describing them as "inconsistent" with China's international commitments. "The United States condemns the arrest of pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. U.S. President Donald Trump last November signed into law legislation backing protesters in Hong Kong despite angry objections from Beijing.

Hong Kong police on Friday made a series of arrests targeting high-profile figures in the citys pro-democracy movement. Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, former leader of the opposition Labor Party, speaks to protesters during an anti-government rally in Hong Kong on Aug. 18, 2019. This mornings arrests are blatant acts of political suppression by the Hong Kong government and the Chinese Communist Party, said Samuel Chu, managing director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council. Pro-democracy demonstrators including Emily Lau, second from left, Yeung Sum, center, and Martin Lee, second from right, during a Hong Kong rally in 2009. (Anthony Wallace / AFP/Getty Images)The night of Aug. 31, 2019, was a watershed moment for Hong Kongs pro-democracy movement.

To find out we went to Hong Kong, but to understand what's going on there, you have to start here in Beijing on October 1. The show of strength and stability by a rising superpower was also a warning to Hong Kong. Hong Kong protests: Weekend clashes, weekday capitalismAt the anniversary celebration, China's president, Xi Jinping, predicted a brighter future for Hong Kong - but many in this city don't trust him. I think Hong Kong is at a point where things can't turn back, things can only escalate from here. Google dropped a game about the Hong Kong protests; and an NBA team executive apologized after tweeting support for the demonstrators.

Lai speaks to Holly Williams, who hits the streets of Hong Kong for a "60 Minutes" report to be broadcast Sunday, October 13, 7:30 p.m. There is a garrison of mainland Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong that has doubled in size in recent weeks. So far, there have been many injuries, but no confirmed deaths as a direct result of the Hong Kong Police action against protesters. So I think that's why they still very much want Hong Kong Police to handle our own problem." Hong Kong is a rich city with a high standard of living.

By 1992, the group had 191 outlets, made 9 million garments annually and had a turnover of 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars ($211 million). Modeled visually on USA Today, it "shook the media landscape in Hong Kong in a revolutionary way," says Clement So, the Chinese University of Hong Kong associate dean. But he does view Washington as a key ally for Hong Kong -- as that early warning on the extradition bill proved. "If you're a business person in Hong Kong, it is difficult to avoid the China market," says Lam, the history professor. The Hong Kong government has announced a $2.4 billion stimulus package to help the economy grow amid the unrest.