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China Begins Repressive Crackdown On Hong Kong, Removes Books From Libraries That Promote Democracy

Ryan Saavedra
China Begins Repressive Crackdown On Hong Kong, Removes Books From Libraries That Promote Democracy
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Numerous books have been pulled from the shelves of libraries in Hong Kong after the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) new Hong Kong security law went into effect last week.

“Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city’s libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub,” Voice of America reported. “Among the authors whose titles are no longer available are Joshua Wong, one of the city’s most prominent young activists, and Tanya Chan, a well-known pro-democracy lawmaker.”

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