Silencing Hong Kong - Interview with Mark Clifford (Part 2)

In this episode of The Barefoot Lawyer Reports on China, Dr. William Saunders interviews Mark Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong. Clifford discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement, including the arrest of Jimmy Lai and the forced closure of Apple Daily. The conversation highlights how Beijing has dismantled press freedom and silenced dissent in the city.

Mark L. Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. A longtime Hong Kong resident, he formerly served as editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post and The Standard, and as a board director at Next Digital, the media company founded by Jimmy Lai.

Find more of his work on his website: https://www.markclifford.org/