Future sours for Hong Kong’s Apple Daily tabloid
24 May 2021 |
12:45 pm
A shadow of fear hangs over Hong Kong's outspoken and staunchly pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, with its wealthy owner Jimmy Lai now jailed and many reporters asking themselves "Are we next?"
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