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Written by: Xu Yi'an
2020-07-16 15:34
Date of last update: 2020-07-16 15:36US media reported on July 16 that decades of press freedom in Hong Kong has made the city a hub for Western media agencies reporting Asian news. But the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" implemented by China is prompting many organizations to reconsider Hong Kong's status as a journalist's paradise.
The Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter on the 16th as saying that other global news organizations are also considering similar actions, and some organizations are working on contingency plans to move to other places in the region if necessary. The issue of the issuance of work visas by some foreign journalists in Hong Kong in recent months has caused difficulties for the operation of some news organizations. In the past, the issuance of these visas was only routine.
The newspaper quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that other news organizations, including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, had implemented the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" and had weighed the possibility of transferring employees to other offices when necessary.
A spokesman for Dow Jones & Co., who holds the Wall Street Journal, said the company is evaluating the situation in Hong Kong, but is still committed to reporting in the area.
Some employees of New York City moved to work in Seoul
The New York Times announced on July 14 that it was worried that the "Minato City National Security Act" would adversely affect the newspaper industry and decided to transfer Hong Kong's digital news business to Seoul, South Korea. Go, accounting for one-third of the overall Hong Kong employees.
For foreign media, the Hong Kong media has also become unfriendly to its correspondents abroad. The New York Times reported in a July 14 report that its senior Chinese journalist Chris Buckley did not receive a renewed work visa from the Hong Kong government last week, adding that the Hong Kong government did not explain why.
Some employees of the New York Times in Hong Kong have already encountered difficulties in obtaining work visas. Such difficulties are common in China, but in Hong Kong, problems have rarely occurred before. The report believes that as China tightens control, Hong Kong will enter a new era, and the editors of the newspaper believe that it is necessary to find another place as an operating base.
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