Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostUS President Joe Biden lamented the closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper on Thursday, putting the blame squarely on Beijing and calling for the release of the tabloid’s detained journalists and executives.“Intensifying repression by Beijing has reached such a level that Apple Daily, a much-needed bastion of independent journalism in Hong Kong, has now ceased publishing,” Biden said in a lengthy statement.After a 26-year run, the stridently anti-government Apple Daily printed its final…Read More