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– Media freedom in free fall 20 years after Hong Kong returned to China (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 30, 2017

A generation after Hong Kong was handed back to China, the level of media freedom in the former British colony has never been so low. Physical violence against journalists has declined in recent years but control of the media continues to grow despite the emergence of a few independent but fragile online media outlets.
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