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Hong Kong Media Fall to Pro-Chinese Owners

Beijing pushes friendly tycoons to buy up independent press

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Apr 22, 2021
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The Chinese government is tightening its grip on Hong Kong media by getting friendly companies to do national service by buying up control of the embattled territory’s television and newspaper companies, cementing control over the provision of information.

Phoenix Television, a major Hong Kong broadcaster, and Sing Tao News Corporation, which controls S…

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