The Guardian view on Hong Kong’s Apple Daily: gone but not forgotten | Editorial

The outspoken tabloid’s closure is a chilling moment. But as Beijing silences dissent, the spirit of resistance enduresApple Daily is dead. At midnight on Wednesday, Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy news outlet closed, forced out of business after authorities froze the assets of the 26-year-old tabloid and arrested executives and journalists. Through its outspoken support for protests, it had come to stand for resistance itself: for the freedom to know what is happening, to challeng