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The last refuge for forbidden books? Hong Kong’s independent bookstores feel the squeeze

Hong Kong's independent bookstores are facing unprecedented pressure and closures. Recent arrests of booksellers under a new sedition law have created fear. These spaces once offered a refuge for mainland Chinese readers seeking banned ideas. Authorities claim the laws are vital for maintaining stability and security. The situation reflects a…

The Economic Times

Hong Kong's independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat

Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home

The Independent UK

‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids

Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months

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Five arrested in Hong Kong bookstore raids in ‘seditious’ materials crackdown

Third round of arrests linked to independent bookshops widely regarded as clampdown on dissent in territory

The Guardian - UK

Booksellers in Hong Kong raided by police over allegations of selling anti-government texts

Reports suggest police in Hong Kong have arrested five people for allegedly selling seditious texts

The Independent UK

Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, seized by Chinese authorities in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

Lam Wing-kee, a former Hong Kong bookseller and symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on free speech, has died in Taiwan

The Independent UK

Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, once detained by China, dies in Taipei

Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who fled to Taiwan amid fears of ‌Chinese persecution, has died at the age of 70, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing Taiwanese media.

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Hong Kong bookstore owner and staff arrested for selling Jimmy Lai’s biography

Biographer says ‘cruel irony’ that selling a biography of a man who is in jail for his activities as a journalist would lead to sedition charges

The Independent UK

China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books

Hillary Clinton and Hannah Arendt thought to be among authors of books procured by officials, as Xi Jinping tightens grip on Communist party

The Guardian - AU

‘Publishing these books is a risk’: Taiwan’s booksellers stand up for democracy

Detention of publisher Li Yanhe in China for ‘endangering national security’ has sent chills through island’s literary community

The Guardian - UK

Fears grow for Taiwan book publisher believed held in China

Reported detention of Li Yanhe has echoes of 2015 disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers

The Guardian - AU

Bookstore owner to ask Pelosi to help Hong Kongers at Taipei meeting

A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Reuters

Hong Kongers reflect on Taiwan, an imperfect exile

Coming to Taiwan was a logical step for Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was held by police in China for five months for selling sensitive books about the Communist Party

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