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Why Is Beijing Punishing Hong Kong’s Apple Daily?

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Why Is Beijing Punishing Hong Kong’s Apple Daily?
Copies of Next Digital's Apple Daily newspapers are seen at a newsstand in Hong Kong on May 17, 2021. Lam Yik/Reuters
Alexander Liao
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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tabloid, Apple Daily, has printed its last edition on June 24 before shutting down. Apple Daily is no longer a newspaper but a symbol.

Alexander Liao
Alexander Liao
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With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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