Press to exit: Hong Kong’s media arrests

<p>The raid of an outspoken pro-democracy newspaper, carried out under the city’s newish security law, has further <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2021/06/19/hong-kongs-liberal-media-are-under-pressure?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spooked</a> its media outlets. We ask what remains of press freedom. Our correspondent <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/19/economically-covid-19-has-hit-hard-up-urbanites-hardest?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visits</a> Europe’s and Africa’s largest slums to see how a grinding pandemic has affected their residents. And how Somaliland’s curious, silent <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/05/13/why-camel-traders-are-getting-the-hump?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">camel-trading method</a> is changing.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>