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Feb 3 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
What happened to Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily is starting to look less like an exception and more like a template for Beijing's crackdown trib.al/AzbnZhL
In June 2021, when 500 police officers showed up at Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily, China revealed just how far it's willing to go to stamp out its opposition—and increasingly opposition isn't just limited to the media trib.al/AzbnZhL
The government made sure, when it moved against Apple Daily, that there was no way for it to survive.

Within days, the paper’s parent company Next Digital had been forced into a kind of state-sponsored bankruptcy trib.al/AzbnZhL Image
Since then, nonprofits, trade unions, and professional associations have all closed their doors under official pressure under Beijing's National Security Law trib.al/AzbnZhL
Hong Kong has long enjoyed its place as Asia’s financial hub. Now, tightening limits for breaching the NSL and draconian Covid-19 restrictions have devastated a once-vibrant city.

Read the Big Take by @iainmarlow ➡️ trib.al/AzbnZhL Image

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