01-07-2025
Hong Kong media reshaped by dismissals, audits and red lines
Workers hang Chinese and Hong Kong flags ahead of the July 1 anniversary of the 1997 handover of sovereignty from Britain to China. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
KENSAKU IHARA
HONG KONG -- Barry Wood, an international economics correspondent for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), received an unexpected call on May 22 that brought his three-decade career at the broadcaster to an abrupt end.
The 81-year-old journalist, based in Washington, said RTHK's news division informed him that his contract would not be renewed. No reason was given, he said -- only that his final day would be the following week, despite his contract running through September.
