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by 6figurelenins 1447 days ago
> Some of you may know Hong Kong has been attacked by China and most of the pro democratic media companies have shut down... I also would like to host these files on a public domain, just to ensure more people can revisit on these events in the future.

I'm interested now. What happened?

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I think it was a while ago. During COVID and right before, China started moving in on Hong Kong, clamping down on dissent and pro-democracy movements, shutting down protests and arresting individuals involved with media companies. It was the end of the Hong Kong free press.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Daily

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_national_security_la...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Hong_Ko...