Wall Street Journal firing shocks chair of Hong Kong journalists group
Voice of America
Selina Cheng, the newly elected chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, leaves office after her employment contract with the Wall Street Journal was terminated, in Hong Kong on July 17, 2024.
The newly elected chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association says she was “shocked and appalled” to be fired by the Wall Street Journal this week, immediately after taking her position.
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