A Hong Kong-based reporter for the Wall Street Journal was terminated by the newspaper soon after she was elected as chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. The HKJA, a press advocacy ...

Hong Kong CNN — A Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong said she was fired after being elected to lead a press union that has come under attack by Beijing amid a national security crackdown.

Selina Cheng, who worked in the WSJ's Hong Kong bureau as a reporter, was elected on June 22 as the HKJA's new chairperson, Reuters reported. Cheng said she was told by her supervisor that ...

Cheng added that the editor, who she has not named, said because the Journal reports on press freedom violations in Hong Kong, including trials involving the media, having a reporter in a position ...

HONG KONG — The new chair of Hong Kong's leading ... supervisor's request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. Reporter Selina Cheng told a press briefing that a senior editor ...

The Wall Street Journal itself has faced pressure over its stance on press freedom in Hong Kong. In July, it fired the head reporter Selina Cheng weeks after she was elected head of the city’s ...

HONG KONG (AP) — The new chair of Hong Kong ... s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. Reporter Selina Cheng told a press briefing that a senior editor told her ...

“The termination, if linked to [Selina] Cheng’s position at HKJA, would be the latest indication of how even large, well-resourced international media organizations are wary about the risks of ...