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Press freedom in Hong Kong

China’s foreign ministry tells journalists’ club to ‘stop meddling in Hong Kong’ over press freedom

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on September 24, 2020, told Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents Club to “stop meddling” in the city’s affairs after it opposed a police move to limit access to press briefings to government-recognised media. 

Video source: CCTV 
 

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