US-funded news outlet Radio Free Asia to withdraw from Hong Kong – reports
US funded-news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA), which had been accused of being “anti-China” by Beijing-backed newspapers, is set to withdraw from Hong Kong, local media have reported citing sources. Local media including HK01 and the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that RFA will cease operations in Hong Kong by the end of March. Some employees will be transferred to Taipei in Taiwan or Washington DC in the US, while others will be laid off, the reports said. Citing internal sources, HK01 said that the company told staff in late February that the media outlet would shut down the Ho...