Evening Edition: Hong-Kong Pro-Democracy News Website Raided

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🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Two former senior editors at the media outlet 'Stand New',' the most prominent pro-democracy media organization in Hong Kong, have been arrested and the news site shut down on Wednesday. It is getting international attention as the latest attack on freedoms of the press by China on Hong Kong. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Gordon Chang, China-U.S. relations expert and author of "The Coming Collapse Of China", about the latest raid on a pro-democracy website and what it means for freedom of the press for Hong Kong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Friday, December 31st, 2021. I'm Trey Inks. A pro-Dem
0:28.4	news site was shut down this week in Hong Kong amid a broader crackdown.
0:32.1	But this is clearly part of a concerted campaign
0:35.2	on the part of Beijing to narrow the space for media in Hong Kong.
0:40.2	And Hong Kong officials have been very clear that that is exactly what is happening.
0:45.0	This is the Fox News rundown, evening addition.
0:47.0	Amid tension between Washington and Beijing, the issues of Hong Kong and Taiwan remain
0:56.6	front and center. China's influence in the region is one of the biggest foreign policy concerns
1:01.1	for the Biden administration.
1:02.6	And going into 2022, things are only expected to get worse
1:06.2	after a pop star in Hong Kong was arrested
1:08.3	and this news outlet was shut down.
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