Fact Check: Press Freedom and China’s Narrative About the Arrest of Jimmy Lai
Автор: Voice of America
Загружено: 2020-08-17
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International concern over Hong Kong’s autonomy rose to new heights on Aug. 11, when authorities arrested media tycoon and leading pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai under a new national security law.
Amid an international outcry over Lai’s arrest, the editorial board at China’s Global Times’ weighed in. The English language Times is published by the People’s Daily, the Chinese Communist Party paper, and often reflects party views.
Editors wrote:
“Hong Kong affairs have nothing to do with freedom of the press … [Lai] and his ilk want to be US pawns in Hong Kong ... and dedicated to turning Hong Kong into a pivot. They are special allies of the US.”
The statement is false.
Lai’s arrest is concurrent with increasing media censorship in Hong Kong. Apple Daily had always been flamboyant in its criticism of mainland China – calling the recent press crackdown the “barbaric acts of red terror,” as one example. It has also openly supported the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong by inserting protest posters on its paper copies and highlighting the feats of protest leaders in its news reports.
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