The Hong Kong challenge in Beijing, everyone lined up to buy the latest copy of the Apple Daily

“I want to support him until the end,” explains Amma, in the rain that gives no respite. “The newspaper has accompanied our company for so many years. But I’m sure we will weather the storm ”. San, on the other hand, is less optimistic. “I think it’s the end of an era”. This morning, from the crack of dawn, thousands of people across Hong Kong – from the Mong Kok district to Central, the former British colony’s financial district – poured into the streets to buy the latest copy of the Apple Daily.