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Hong Kong (AFP) April 1, 2024 - In a quiet Hong Kong cul-de-sac, hundreds gathered over the weekend to say goodbye to an independent bookstore after weekly government inspections spurred by anonymous complaints forced it to put up the shutters.

Mount Zero often hosted cultural events such as book talks in its outdoor area and gained a devoted following in Hong Kong

Hundreds gathered in a quiet corner of Hong Kong to bid farewell to an independent bookstore over the weekend. Mount Zero, announced its closure at the end

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Hong Kongs leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Thursday the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures, further shrinking the city’s freedoms. Chief Executive John Lee was addressing a lawmaker’s question about dozens of books […]

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Hong Kong’s education secretary Kevin Yeung on June 6 reiterated that schools are responsible for ensuring their libraries ...

Lee was the only candidate and won with over 99% of the vote. Almost all voting committee members were vetted by the central government in Beijing.

John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kongs pro-democracy movement, has been elected as the citys next leader in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee