Hong Kong’s National Security Law Comes for the Bookstores

The reorientation – and restriction – of the city's once-vibrant civil society continues.

Hong KongShirley Leung

Why this matters

Pressure on independent publishing is a measure of how national-security enforcement is reshaping Hong Kong's civic and information space.

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