I am introducing a bill in the Senate to encourage press freedom in Hong Kong. A similar measure was introduced in the House by Representative Porter and 27 other Members in February. The measure supports those Hong Kong journalists who chose to remain loyal to the standards of honest and open reporting. Specifically. this bill provides special immigration status to journalists and their families should they be threatened as a result of their reporting. When Senator LIEBERMAN and I visited Hong Kong earlier this year. we heard several stories of selfcensorship occurring in the Hong Kong press. Many of the larger papers were losing circulation and the underground and small papers were growing.
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