Missing Booksellers

A Hong Kong man linked to a bookshop that published books critical of China's leaders has returned to the financial hub after going missing more than six months ago, Hong Kong police said today.

One of five missing Hong Kong booksellers allegedly specialising in gossipy publications about Chinese leaders and detained in China returned home today, Hong Kong police said.

Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo appeared on television today insisting he had not been abducted by mainland authorities, in a case that has sparked a backlash over Chinese interference in the city.

Chinese police are investigating a detained Hong Kong bookseller for allegedly selling books by mail illegally in mainland China, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday, the latest twist in a case that has raised concerns over erosion of civil rights in Hong Kong.

For years Gui Minhai, a China-born publisher of tabloid books on China's leaders, had believed he could live and work overseas on a Swedish passport without fear of persecution by Chinese authorities, which ban such works on the mainland.

Chinese police have said for the first time that they are holding three Hong Kong booksellers who went missing on the mainland last year.

Washington called for Beijing to explain the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers Monday, with a State Department spokesman saying the incidents "raise serious questions about China's commitment to Hong Kong's autonomy".

A Hong Kong publisher whose disappearance from the city raised fears he was abducted by Chinese officials has met his wife on the mainland and is reportedly "in good spirits", Hong Kong police said today.

Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong Sunday, demanding the release of five missing booksellers who are feared to have been detained by authorities in mainland China.

Hong Kong publishers and vendors of books on Chinese politics that are banned in China are unnerved by the mysterious disappearances of five booksellers, and in some cases pulling books critical of Beijing's leaders from their shelves.

The mystery surrounding five missing Hong Kong booksellers known for titles banned in mainland China has deepened after one purportedly wrote to say he was fine, prompting his wife to drop a missing person's report.

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said today he was "highly concerned" about the disappearance of five booksellers specializing in publications critical of China, while playing down speculation one may have been abducted by Chinese agents.

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers said today that they will press the government for answers after a fifth employee of a publisher specializing in books critical of mainland China's leadership went missing.

A Hong Kong man linked to a bookshop that published books critical of China's leaders has returned to the financial hub after going missing more than six months ago, Hong Kong police said today.

One of five missing Hong Kong booksellers allegedly specialising in gossipy publications about Chinese leaders and detained in China returned home today, Hong Kong police said.

Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo appeared on television today insisting he had not been abducted by mainland authorities, in a case that has sparked a backlash over Chinese interference in the city.

Chinese police are investigating a detained Hong Kong bookseller for allegedly selling books by mail illegally in mainland China, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday, the latest twist in a case that has raised concerns over erosion of civil rights in Hong Kong.

For years Gui Minhai, a China-born publisher of tabloid books on China's leaders, had believed he could live and work overseas on a Swedish passport without fear of persecution by Chinese authorities, which ban such works on the mainland.

Chinese police have said for the first time that they are holding three Hong Kong booksellers who went missing on the mainland last year.

Washington called for Beijing to explain the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers Monday, with a State Department spokesman saying the incidents "raise serious questions about China's commitment to Hong Kong's autonomy".

A Hong Kong publisher whose disappearance from the city raised fears he was abducted by Chinese officials has met his wife on the mainland and is reportedly "in good spirits", Hong Kong police said today.

Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong Sunday, demanding the release of five missing booksellers who are feared to have been detained by authorities in mainland China.

Hong Kong publishers and vendors of books on Chinese politics that are banned in China are unnerved by the mysterious disappearances of five booksellers, and in some cases pulling books critical of Beijing's leaders from their shelves.

The mystery surrounding five missing Hong Kong booksellers known for titles banned in mainland China has deepened after one purportedly wrote to say he was fine, prompting his wife to drop a missing person's report.

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said today he was "highly concerned" about the disappearance of five booksellers specializing in publications critical of China, while playing down speculation one may have been abducted by Chinese agents.

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers said today that they will press the government for answers after a fifth employee of a publisher specializing in books critical of mainland China's leadership went missing.