{"id":990,"date":"2016-01-05T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T08:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/05\/why-hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-are-raising-fears-of-suppression-under-the-mainland\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T08:04:52","slug":"why-hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-are-raising-fears-of-suppression-under-the-mainland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/05\/why-hong-kongs-missing-booksellers-are-raising-fears-of-suppression-under-the-mainland\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hong Kong&#039;s missing booksellers are raising fears of suppression under the mainland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hk-bookseller1\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzA1LzE2L0hLQm9va3NlbGxlLmRkMjdhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/2001014c\/b14\/HK-Bookseller1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Why+Hong+Kong%27s+missing+booksellers+are+raising+fears+of+suppression+under+the+mainland&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F05%2Fmissing-hk-booksellers%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F05%2Fmissing-hk-booksellers%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There is a storm brewing in the Hong Kong publishing industry, after five people working for a local publisher that sells books critical of China went missing in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>After the most recent disappearance of the fifth person, the issue reached the top of Hong Kong government, which has said they are &#8220;highly concerned&#8221;, and have promised to press Beijing for answers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u3010<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%8A%85%E9%91%BC%E7%81%A3%E6%9B%B8%E5%BA%97?src=hash\">#\u9285\u947c\u7063\u66f8\u5e97<\/a> \u5148\u5f8c\u5931\u8e64\u7684\u4e94\u4eba\u3011\u9999\u6e2f\u4eba\u8868\u793a\uff1a\u597d\u6050\u6016\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqoVLGZkl4\">https:\/\/t.co\/zqoVLGZkl4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%A6%81%E6%9B%B8?src=hash\">#\u7981\u66f8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%BF%92%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3?src=hash\">#\u7fd2\u8fd1\u5e73<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%9D%8E%E6%B3%A2?src=hash\">#\u674e\u6ce2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SKrH6riSge\">pic.twitter.com\/SKrH6riSge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u7aef\u50b3\u5a92 Initium Media (@initiumnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/initiumnews\/status\/683888509933993984\">January 4, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/09\/02\/hong-kong-umbrella-trial\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution leader Joshua Wong will face trial<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/05\/missing-hk-booksellers\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Who are these booksellers?<\/h2>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/video\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Video<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/anonymous\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Anonymous<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/censorship\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Censorship<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/hong-kong\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Hong Kong<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/kOIZ3zP-FnE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a storm brewing in the Hong Kong publishing industry, after five people working for a local publisher that sells books critical of China went missing in recent months. 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