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New York Times says moving some Hong Kong staff over security law
HONG KONG, July 15, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The New York Times on Wednesday said it was moving its digital news hub from Hong Kong to South Korea as a result of a national security law Beijing imposed on the city.
“China’s sweeping new national security law in Hong Kong has created a lot of uncertainty about what the new rules will mean to our operation and our journalism,” executives wrote in an email to staff, according to a news report published on the New York Times website.
“We feel it is prudent to make contingency plans and begin to diversify our editing staff around the region.”
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