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It might not be known when, precisely, the fate of Apple Daily, Hong Kongâs most prominent pro-democracy newspaper, was finally sealed, but its readers may have guessed that its demise had long been a question of when rather than if. In April, Jimmy Lai, the paperâs septuagenarian founder, was sentenced to fourteen months in prison for unauthorized assembly during the cityâs pro-democracy protests in 2019. Another charge, filed under the new draconian national-security law, accuses him of foreign-collusion offenses and carries a maximum punishment of life in prison. Two weeks ago, the police froze the paperâs accounts, raided its offices, and arrested five editors, including the editor-in-chief, and top executives. The next day, the newspaper printed half a million copiesâmore than six times its normal circulation. For its final edition, published last Thursday, the paper doubled that number. As rain drenched the city, ....