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Hong Kong Waffles on Foreign Correspondent Visas

Cloudy decision allowing China-based foreign correspondents into SAR

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John Berthelsen
Apr 30, 2020
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As an increasingly uneasy Hong Kong has watched mainland officials dramatically erode the territory’s independence over the past month, the government has issued a murky opinion that appears to eat into the autonomy of the international press working in the city.

While the decision cites Hong Kong’s authority to maintain a free press and free speech unde…

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