Ming Pao

The Toronto edition of Ming Pao Daily News, one of the handful of Chinese-language publications in the city, has laid off seven of its editorial staff and shipped their jobs to China, Epoch Times has confirmed with the union representing the newspaper’s employees.

A spate of violence against media companies in Hong Kong is being seen as a new round of intimidation by the Chinese regime.

Both censored and uncensored copies of the Ming Pao newspaper circulated in Hong Kong on July 2 after the editorial director altered the front page headline during printing.

Nine suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the attack on teh former chief editor of a Hong Kong newspaper, police said on March 12.

Things are getting a little violent in Hong Kong. Amidst fears of encroachment from Mainland China, Kevin Lau, former editor of the Ming Pao newspaper, has been brutally stabbed by mysterious assailants. Mass protests are becoming frequent. And a group called the Hong Kong Youth Care Association, with mysterious ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the 610 Office in charge of persecuting Falun Gong, have been assaulting Hong Kong citizens.

There is constant controversy over press freedom in Hong Kong media. Commercial Radio recently underwent an unusual staff reshuffle in which Chief Executive Officer Stephen Chan was renamed “Chief of the Think Tank,” and Li Wei-ling, host of a political talk show, was abruptly fired.

Kevin Lau Chun-to, former chief editor of Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper, was stabbed and seriously injured by two attackers on Feb. 26.

Hong Kong society is concerned that the replacement of Ming Pao’s chief editors shows Hong Kong’s media is falling. The media fell from their rightful place some time ago, when they failed to take a proper stance on fundamental questions of right and wrong.

Hong Kong’s 55-year-old Ming Pao newspaper has suddenly announced the replacement of chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to, and various media outlets have reported that the new chief editor will be Chong Tien-siong, a known supporter of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The Toronto edition of Ming Pao Daily News, one of the handful of Chinese-language publications in the city, has laid off seven of its editorial staff and shipped their jobs to China, Epoch Times has confirmed with the union representing the newspaper’s employees.

A spate of violence against media companies in Hong Kong is being seen as a new round of intimidation by the Chinese regime.

Both censored and uncensored copies of the Ming Pao newspaper circulated in Hong Kong on July 2 after the editorial director altered the front page headline during printing.

Nine suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the attack on teh former chief editor of a Hong Kong newspaper, police said on March 12.

Things are getting a little violent in Hong Kong. Amidst fears of encroachment from Mainland China, Kevin Lau, former editor of the Ming Pao newspaper, has been brutally stabbed by mysterious assailants. Mass protests are becoming frequent. And a group called the Hong Kong Youth Care Association, with mysterious ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the 610 Office in charge of persecuting Falun Gong, have been assaulting Hong Kong citizens.

There is constant controversy over press freedom in Hong Kong media. Commercial Radio recently underwent an unusual staff reshuffle in which Chief Executive Officer Stephen Chan was renamed “Chief of the Think Tank,” and Li Wei-ling, host of a political talk show, was abruptly fired.

Kevin Lau Chun-to, former chief editor of Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper, was stabbed and seriously injured by two attackers on Feb. 26.

Hong Kong society is concerned that the replacement of Ming Pao’s chief editors shows Hong Kong’s media is falling. The media fell from their rightful place some time ago, when they failed to take a proper stance on fundamental questions of right and wrong.

Hong Kong’s 55-year-old Ming Pao newspaper has suddenly announced the replacement of chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to, and various media outlets have reported that the new chief editor will be Chong Tien-siong, a known supporter of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).