As Beijing Continues To Creep Into Hong Kong, Internet Censorship Begins
Tue, Jan 19th 2021 10:44am — Timothy Geigner As we've written about recently, Beijing's creep into Hong Kong control has turned into nearly a dash as of late. What started with July's new "national security" law that allowed the mainland to meddle in Hong Kong's affairs led to arrests of media members in July, the expulsion and arrest of pro-democracy politicians in November, and then expanded arrests of members of the public who have said the wrong things in January. And as that mad dash to tighten its grip before a new American administration takes office continues, Beijing appears to be ...