For months, the owners of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong have been missing. One of the missing booksellers, publisher Gui Minhai, appeared on Chinese state television to confess to turning himself into Chinese authorities for an alleged twelve-year-old drunk driving incident. Another missing bookseller, Lee Bo, a British citizen, appears to be in mainland China, though without a travel permit. Three booksellers remain unaccounted for and ultimately, locating Minhai and Bo still leaves many questions unanswered.
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