Hong Kong Group Tracking China Labor Unrest Abruptly Shuts Down
The group has withdrawn from social media platforms and will stop updating its website, according to an archived version of its now-defunct homepage viewed by Bloomberg News. Its Facebook and Instagram accounts were unavailable as of Friday afternoon.
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