Hong Kong, January 3
Hong Kong welcomed a new batch of pro-Beijing lawmakers in its Legislative Council on Monday who were chosen in an election without opposition candidates, as the editors of one of the city’s last remaining pro-democracy news outlets announced its closure.
They are the latest in the series of events in the past year in which the local government has been reshaping Hong Kong, with Beijing’s backing, in an effort to stamp out dissent in a city once renowned for its freedom of expression.
The founders of news outlet Citizen News said on Monday that although they had not been contacted by the Hong Kong national security police, the deteriorating media freedom in the financial hub made it unclear whether their reporting violates the law. They said the news site would stop publishing on Tuesday. — AP
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