‘You Can’t Kill the Idea of Freedom’—Mark Simon, Former Apple Daily Exec, on Its Forced Closure

Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s largest independent paper, was recently forced to shut down by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). What will this mean for the future of Hong Kong? And why is killing press freedom in Hong Kong actually a bad move for the CCP? Today, we sit down with Mark Simon, righthand man to Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, and a former Apple Daily executive.