Article: Chinese Shadows : Calls to control the press are just the latest signs of Hong Kong's fading autonomy.

Hong Kong radio producer Chan Yiu-wah was anxiously searching for the limit of his freedom, and now he's found it. As Britain prepared to hand over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Chan worried about just how much the new rulers would tolerate on his popular morning talk show. Chan proceeded as he always had, inviting everyone from pop stars to political cartoonists to appear on "Letter From Hong Kong. " He had heard not a peep of protest from Beijing and was relaxing a bit--until Aug. 14. His guest that day was the unofficial ambassador from Taiwan, which China regards as a "renegade" province. The response was furious. Pro-Chinese papers denounced Chan's employer, Radio ...

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