The closure of Apple Daily marks the start of a sinister new era for Hong Kong | Louisa Lim

The days of a free and freewheeling press are over as China continues its attacks on any criticism of the regimeIn recent weeks, I’ve read one example after another of a heartbreaking new genre of farewell journalism from some of Hong Kong’s most prominent figures. They cite different reasons for stopping. One says his contract might not be renewed; another that he’s too “tired and feeble” to continue; a third cites the growing number of things that are “compl