Hong Kong Free Press

Hong Kong Free Press is an independent, non-profit English-language online news outlet based in Hong Kong. Funded largely by reader donations, it covers Hong Kong politics, human rights, civil society, and current affairs, and is known for its independent reporting on the city and its relationship with mainland China.

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Hong Kong Free Press at a glance

Country: Hong Kong
Region: East Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Hong Kong Free Press

Crosswire groups Hong Kong Free Press as Centrist for comparisons within Hong Kong's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Hong Kong Free Press sits in Hong Kong's press

Hong Kong Free Press is one of 6 outlets tracked in Hong Kong, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Dimsum Daily. By outlets tracked, Hong Kong ranks fifth of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Hong Kong Free Press outside Hong Kong, starting with East Asia, are bdnews24 (Bangladesh), Khabarhub (Nepal), Hasht-e Subh Daily (Afghanistan) and Sun Online (Maldives). Opening one of them beside Hong Kong Free Press is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.