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The reporter of "The Economist" who once reported on the dissolution of the labor union expressed regret that the visa editor-in-chief was refused approval

2021-11-13T05:44:20.467Z


The British magazine "The Economist" issued a statement saying that the Hong Kong Immigration Department refused to renew the work visa of reporter Sue-lin Wong. Editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes said that he regrets the decision.


The British magazine "The Economist" issued a statement stating that the Hong Kong Immigration Department refused to renew the work visa of reporter Sue-lin Wong. The editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes stated that he regretted the decision and the authorities did not explain any reasons; He also admired Huang Shulin's journalism expertise. Huang herself is no longer in Hong Kong.


The Economist urged the Hong Kong government to continue to allow foreign media to interview in Hong Kong, emphasizing that this is particularly important for maintaining Hong Kong's status as an international city.

Huang Shulin said on social networking sites that she would miss everything about Hong Kong, and she felt very sorry for not being able to stay in Hong Kong to report because she likes to explore the people and things in this city.

"Hong Kong 01" is making inquiries with the Immigration Department, but no reply has been received yet.


According to Huang Shulin’s self-introduction on social networking sites, she is a correspondent of The Economist in China. She previously worked for the Financial Times and Reuters. In August this year, she reprinted her report on "Hong Kong government suppressed democratic trade unions." , Referring to himself "written down how the party is now suppressing organized workers."

The post mentioned that at the end of 2019, Hong Kong demonstrators hoped that the pro-democracy movement could be continued through the newly formed trade unions. This optimistic view was finally defeated by "hopelessness, helplessness and fear."

By the end of 2019, many Hong Kong protesters hoped the democracy movement would continue through newly-formed trade unions. That optimism has given way to "hopelessness, helplessness & fear". I wrote about how the party is now crushing organised labour: https ://t.co/oHA3EzFz8C

— Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳 (@suelinwong) August 20, 2021

Foreign media have been denied visas in succession

In recent years, many foreign journalists have been denied work visas, including Victor Mallet, the editor of the Financial Times in 2018 and the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Foreign Press Association, Chris Buckley of the New York Times in 2020, and the Hong Kong Free Press 》Irish editor Aaron Mc Nicholas and others.

This year, some media have announced their withdrawal from Hong Kong. "Duan Media" has moved its headquarters to Singapore. In addition, the online media "Jiashan Communication" dismissed all Hong Kong members.

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Source: hk1

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