Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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But first... In Hong Kong yesterday, hundreds of police officers rated the headquarters of Apple Daily,

a pro-democracy newspaper.

They forced journalists out of the newsroom, seized computers, and froze company bank accounts.

The paper's editor-in-chief, Ryan Law, was led out of his apartment in handcuffs.

We arrest four men and one woman for the offence is to collusion with the foreign countries and the external elements.

The media company's bosses were arrested for articles that allegedly threatened national security.

So the answer is simple.

Do your journalistic work as freely as you like in accordance with the law,

provided you do not conspire or have any intention to break

the Hong Kong law.

It was the culmination of months of pressure on the newspaper, which is owned by the billionaire

anti-government activist Jimmy Lai, himself facing life in prison for his role in a series of anti-government

protests in 2019.

Yesterday's raid sent a chill through a city already worried about dwindling press freedom.

It's been one year since China imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, which has

touched all aspects of society in the city.

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