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ANNOUNCEMENT
[On the thorny road of resistance, fearless Hongkongers continue to breakthrough from autocracy]
SWHK is proud to partner with @AtlanticCouncil on a US-China policy report that will be launched at an event next Tues.
Details+Registration → atlanticcouncil.org/event/hong-kon…
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The last evening of #AppleDaily🍎
It is the worst of times, but it is also the best of times. Hong Kong is so beautiful that evening.
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Freudian slip or useful idiot? twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/…
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The spirit of resistance must live on.
#AppleDaily🍎 twitter.com/surrealhk_/sta…
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Thanks @JoeBiden for supporting #HongKong.
#CCP will stop at nothing if it can act with impunity.
It is time for the United States, the only country founded based on the idea of freedom and liberty, to ACT.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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Hong Kong: RSF deplores the suffocation to death of Apple Daily, one of the last major Chinese-language media critical of the Beijing regime
rsf.org/en/news/hong-k…
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Apple Daily sold all 1,000,000 physical copies of its newspaper on its last day. A new record for Hong Kong.
While many newspaper businesses are dying because news media is going digital, this newspaper has died because #CCPChina🇨🇳 killed it.
twitter.com/hkcnews_com/st…
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Short documentary of the last day at #AppleDaily🍎 as they printed a record 1,000,000 newspapers.
Hong Kongers gathered outside their headquarters to pay tribute to the 26-year old newspaper that have always sided with the people.
Source: Stand News (youtu.be/G30iliKl6rY)
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Thank you, #AppleDaily🍎
Photo: @StandNewsHK
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“It speaks to every believer in freedom and to every journalist and media organisation that this is what the Chinese Communist Party is like. It's a threat to our values, and we should recognise it as that.”
— Chris Patten on Apple Daily's closure. twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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The final #AppleDaily🍎 has a record circulation of a million printed copies.
The front page about how Hong Kongers supported the newspaper up until the final moment. They reflect on the past 26 years, on significant historical headlines in HK, and say Good Bye to Hong Kongers.
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Hong Kongers lining up at 2am to buy the final #AppleDaily🍎 newspaper
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Apart from losing #AppleDaily🍎 newspaper, we're also losing some of the best YouTube channels in Hong Kong
Seems @AppleDaily_HK, their lifestyle section @AS_AppleDaily, and Next Magazine are uploading some of their remaining content to their YouTube channels before closing shop twitter.com/hkdemonow/stat…
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Apple Daily confirmed that tomorrow (6/24) will be the last day when their newspaper will be in print.
Sources say that they will try to print a million copies.
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“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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The end of an era.
Apple Daily had earlier said it would decide whether or not to close the publication at a meeting on Friday, but the closure announcement was made today instead.
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
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China's media crackdown in Hong Kong is beyond comprehension
“But we, as supporters of democracy, must not give up. A free and fair press protects the people's right to know, no matter the country or region.”
@NikkeiAsia editorial column on Apple Daily:
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-Ni…
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The day has come when writers are arrested for their words published in newspaper editorial columns in Hong Kong.
55-year old Apple Daily columnist @apple_liping just got arrested by Hong Kong’s national security police agents 🇨🇳 twitter.com/EileenEChang/s…
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Most @appledaily_hk journalists who spoke to @VICEWorldNews said they did not expect to find another job in the news industry. Some were concerned that potential employers would turn them down after seeing “Apple Daily” on their resumes.
vice.com/en/article/jg8…
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They can try to bury us into the ground, but what they don't know is that we are the seeds.
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Within just one month, #CCPChina🇨🇳 has taken away from Hong Kongers:
• Annual Tiananmen Square Massacre Vigil (since 1990)
• Apple Daily (since 1995)
• Annual July 1st Civil Human Rights Front protest march (since 2003)
Image source: @hkcnews_com (facebook.com/hkcnews/photos…)
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To be continued… 🍎
instagram.com/showroomchan/
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Time and time again, Apple Daily vs other newspapers:
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Hong Kong newspapers without Apple Daily 🍎
(Source: 100毛)
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.