Disappearance of multiple booksellers critical of China is worry for Hong Kong press freedoms

A fifth associate from a controversial Hong Kong bookshop went missing this week, sparking angry protests outside Beijing’s representative office as family members and activists blamed mainland Chinese authorities for his disappearance. Lee Bo is a key shareholder of Causeway Bay Books, which sells paperbacks that are highly critical of the Chinese leadership. The books are…

Five shareholders in a publishing house vanish They produce books critical of Beijing Protests follow appointment of pro-Beijing academic at leading university Fears that fundamental freedoms are being eroded in the former British colony What is happening in Hong Kong? Dozens of protestors have gathered outside the Chinese goverment office in Hong Kong. Some pix from…