Hong Kong, China — Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily announced Wednesday it will print its final edition after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, silencing the city’s most China critical media outlet.
The decision is the latest blow to Hong Kong’s freedoms and will deepen unease over whether the international finance center can remain a media hub as China seeks to stamp out dissent.
Journalists outside the paper’s headquarters on Wednesday evening said they planned to print one million copies overnight — a staggering number given Hong Kong’s 7.5 million population.
And they spoke of their heartbreak at the paper’s closure …
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