25 Jun 2021

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 25 June 2021

HONG KONG - JUNE 23: Supporters use their their smartphone torches and placards with Apple Daily logos towards the Apple Daily workers outside the headquarters of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong on June 24, 2021.

Photo: 2021 Anadolu Agency

Another dark period in Hong Kong with the forced closure of popular pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily and serious questions over whether Hong Kong's judicial independence is really under threat now too. Ed also has latest Tokyo Olympics controversies.

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.