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Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily began printing a million copies of its final edition Wednesday evening after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders.

Added on the 23/06/2021 19:06:12 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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