HONG KONG - A Hong Kong newspaper on Thursday (May 11) scrapped a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to media freedom in the China-ruled city. The Ming Pao newspaper said in a notice it would from Sunday scrap the comic strip...
The logo of Ming Pao newspaper is seen at outside its office in Hong Kong, China, on May 11, 2023.HONG KONG - A Hong Kong newspaper on Thursday scrapped a satirical cartoon after a decades-long run following a series of complaints by authorities, the cartoonist said, in what was seen as the latest blow to media freedom in the China-ruled city.
Wong, who goes by the pen name Zunzi, said he had been told numerous times by Ming Pao of official complaints about his work, most recently this week. Wong appeared resigned to the end of his cartoon strip while saying: "The situation continues to develop in a bad direction". The city, once a base for international media covering not only China but the region, and home to a spirited domestic media, ranked 140 out of 180 regions in a global press freedom index compiled by media rights group Reporters without Borders. It ranked 73 in 2019.
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