HONG KONG - In the past two weeks, Hong Kong publisher Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft paper copy of a book entitled"To Freedom", replacing the word"revolution" with"protests", tweaking a banned slogan and cutting passages that advocate independence for the Chinese-ruled city.
"This is history. This is the truth," he said, holding up the book with blue sticky flags on many pages to mark changes made because of the new law. "To Freedom" is the first political book Yeung has taken on as a part-time publisher. After Beijing introduced the security law, the book's original printer bailed, and two other printers declined, he said. Another printer agreed to take it anonymously, but wants to get a better sense of how the law is implemented first.
Three non-governmental pro-Beijing groups had teamed up to urge people to report stalls at the fair selling material promoting Hong Kong independence, a subject that is anathema to the Chinese government. He said the law has prompted publishing houses and writers to halt projects while printers, distributors, and bookstores have turned down sensitive books.
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