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Reuters Institute report says Hong Kong media facing intimidation, financial crisis, political pressure and tax audits
By Tom Grundy

An annual Reuters Institute report on the global news industry has said that Hong Kong journalists are facing “a widening range of intimidation, including tax investigations,” amid a deepening financial crisis among local media outlets. The 2026 Digital News Report said that journalists in the city are “treading carefully to avoid crossing vaguely defined legal […]