Reading is now a crime in Hong Kong

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Two bookstores were raided by Hong Kong police last week, with five staff members arrested. They were arrested for what Chinese authorities call “seditious intent” via “inciting others to provoke hatred against the Hong Kong [special administrative region] government, the judiciary, and law enforcement agencies.”