Last year, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand full democracy, many egged on by a tabloid newspaper critical of China's ruling Communist Party.
On Tuesday, they lined up at newsstands across the city to buy that same paper, handing over 10 Hong Kong dollars a copy in a bid to help the Apple Daily -- and press freedom -- survive.
That people protested by buying a newspaper rather than by taking to the streets shows how much the climate has changed since the stormy protests last year. People also bought Next Digital stock to show support, driving its price up more than 300% on Tuesday, "I do not like the way Apple Daily reports news but I think it symbolizes press freedom in Hong Kong," Tiffany Chan said after buying a copy at a convenience store. "I cannot just sit and watch the government destroy press freedom. This is the least I can do."
The Trump administration, which is feuding with China on multiple fronts, sent Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan this week for the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the United States broke off diplomatic relations to recognize Beijing as the government of China in 1979.
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