Checking in on the Hong Kong Book Fair
Last week we did a little preview of the Hong Kong Book Fair, which opened last Wednesday, and closed yesterday. Writing at The Guardian, Ilaria Maria Sala characterized the fair… Read more »
British foreign secretary steps in over missing Hong Kong booksellers
On Monday we reported that a fifth bookseller had gone missing in Hong Kong in what appears to be a move by the Chinese government to silence dissenting voices in… Read more »
What’s happening to dissenting voices in Hong Kong? Like book publisher Yao Wentian, they’re getting arrested
Yao Wentian, the publisher of Morning Bell Press in Hong Kong, was arrested on October 27, and has remained in prison for the last three months in spite of numerous… Read more »