Readers queue up to buy fresh copies of the Apple Daily newspaper at a stall in Hong Kong early on Aug. 11, 2020, with a front page photo of the paper s founder Jimmy Lai being escorted through the paper s newsroom by police following his arrest under the new national security law, part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent imposed by Beijing. AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is making further moves towards setting up a media and publishing empire in Hong Kong, as part of a two-pronged strategy to bring the city under its ideological control, the
Ming Pao newspaper reported on Monday.