Ming Pao plant said closed for printing item on illegal gambling
A Guangzhou-based printing plant for Hong Kong’s Ming Pao paper has been closed, apparently after the paper printed illegal gambling tips. See the South China Morning Post article here. © Sophie Beach...
View ArticleGeorgina Lee: Ming Pao to list mainland unit
From The South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network: Ming Pao Enterprise Corp, publisher of Ming Pao Daily News, aims to spin off and list its Chinese media joint venture by September....
View ArticleNo Plan to Give up Arunachal Claim: China
From the Times of India: the Ming Pao newspaper mistakenly reported that the Chinese government is prepared to give up Arunachal Pradesh in return for Aksai Chin: China wants just 28 per cent of the...
View ArticleMing Pao: Rules for Anti-Japan Protests
The Hong Kong paper Ming Pao reports on the ongoing anti-Japan demonstrations sweeping China: Strict Control Over Anti-Japanese Demonstrations: Public Employees Forbidden to Encourage or Take Part Ming...
View ArticleFormer Ming Pao Editor Brutally Attacked [Updated]
In what police sources have referred to as a “classic triad hit… designed to send a warning,” Kevin Lau, former editor of trusted Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, was attacked by knife-wielding...
View ArticleEleven Arrested Over Stabbing of HK Newspaper Editor (Updated)
Nine people have been arrested in connection to the brutal February 27 attack on the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper [Updated: now 11]. After suffering multiple stab wounds in a...
View Article2 Charged in HK Stabbing Case; 2 More Attacked
As former Ming Pao newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to remains in hospital recovery after being seriously injured in a “gangland-style” knife attack on February 27, two suspects have been formally...
View ArticleChina Tightens Leash on Mainland & Hong Kong Press
As one set of new press regulations follows another, The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore describes the continued chilling of the climate for China’s investigative journalists. Zhang Zhi’an, who produced a...
View ArticleHong Kong Protesters Seek a New Strategy
Following a February 1 protest march, which drew a smaller crowd than expected, participants in the Hong Kong movement that occupied public streets for more than 70 days this fall have sought new ways...
View ArticleTwo Sentenced For Attack on HK Journalist Kevin Lau
The New York Times’ Austin Ramzy reports that two men have been sentenced to 19 years in prison for their role in the violent February 27, 204 attack on Hong Kong journalist and former Ming Pao...
View ArticleMing Pao Firing Stokes Concern Over HK Press Freedom
Keung Kwok-yuen, a top editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper, has been fired after the Chinese-language outlet published a front page story on the Panama Papers detailing the Hong Kong businessmen...
View ArticleBlank Columns Protest Ming Pao Editor’s Sacking
The firing last week of a former top editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper after the outlet ran a front page story on the Panama Papers stoked long-running concerns about the erosion of press...
View ArticleIn Hong Kong, Protests Over the Firing of Ming Pao Editor
Protests over the sacking of Ming Pao editor Keung Kwok-yuen have continued, amid concerns over declining conditions for press freedom in Hong Kong. Keung was fired after his paper ran a front page...
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