Hong Kong’s free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese “national identity” as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday.
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Once the crucible of Cantonese cinema and a bastion of free speech, Hong Kong is being transformed after those protests, with censorship powers strengthened and independent local media outlets folding. For the television stations, the programming no longer needs to be “wholly of Hong Kong origin”, which means the national security segments could be produced outside of the city.
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