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what Jimmy Lai's arrest means for Hong Kong's independent media

  • Written by Brendan Clift, Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
what Jimmy Lai's arrest means for Hong Kong's independent mediaKin Cheung/AP

The arrest this week of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong reveals the repressive reality of the city’s new made-in-China national security law.

It also sends a sharp signal to the remaining independent media in the territory: watch your step, or you could be next.

Lai, his two sons and four top executives of the...

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