Ku sii wad qodobkan - Sanadkii 2017, Dapiran wuxuu daabacay buugiisii ugu horreeyay "Magaalada Dibad-baxa: Taariikhda Dhawaan ee Diidmada ee Hong Kong" oo ay daabacday Penguin Books, kaas oo ka hadlay taariikhda dhaqdhaqaaqyada dibad-baxa ee Hong Kong tan iyo 1960-yadii. Buuggan, Dapiran wuxuu si gaar ah diiradda u saaray mudaaharaadyadii Hong Kong ee 2014
Waxaad Sida laga soo xigtay Dapiran, markhaati ka noqoshada mudaaharaadyadan waxay ka dhigtay inuu "ka warqabo aqoonsigayga Hong Konger". Tan iyo markii la daabacay buuggii ugu horreeyay ee Dapiran, wuxuu noqday mid ka mid ah faallooyinka reer galbeedka ee ugu horreeya dhaqdhaqaaqyada dibadbaxyada Hong Kong, gaar ahaan intii lagu jiray Dibadbaxyada Hong Kong ee 2019-2020. Waxaa lagu amaanay "South China Morning Post" inuu yahay "mid caan ku ah indho indheyn cad oo ku saabsan siyaasadda magaalada" waxaana badanaa lagu soo xigtaa khabiir ku ah Hong Kong warbaahinta sida "Quartz", "Financial Times" ama "Time". Qorista daabacaadaha sida "The Guardian", "The Atlantic", "New Statesman, CNN" iyo "Foreign Policy" iyo ka soo muuqashada barnaamijyada sida BBC, Bloomberg TV, Reuters, RTHK iyo ABC, Dapiran ayaa aad u dhaleeceeyay dowladda Hong Kong iyo dowladda dhexe ee Shiinaha ee Beijing, isagoo caddeeyay, tusaale ahaan, in "dowladda Hong Kong aysan mar dambe u dhaqmin danaha ugu wanaagsan ee dadkeeda", in "Beijing ay ka faa'iideysatay mashquulinta caalamiga ah [sababtoo ah dillaaca Covid-19] si ay u bilowdo ka aargoosashada caqabadda furan ee Hong Kong ee xukunka Shiinaha" ee 2019, iyo in dowladda Shiinaha ay u adeegsato sharciga inay wax ka qabato mucaaradka Hong Kong. Bishii Luulyo 2020, wuxuu ku andacoonayay in dowladda Shiinaha ay u dhaqmayso sida "awood gumeysi" Hong Kong iyo in "tallaabooyinka Mareykanka, oo ay weheliyaan cadaadiska Beijing ee Hong Kong, ay si dhakhso leh magaalada uga beddelayaan xarun maaliyadeed oo caalami ah oo furan, oo xasilloon dhul lagu muransan yahay khadadka hore ee khilaafka juqraafi-siyaasadeed ee si dhakhso leh u sii xoogaysanaya". Laga soo bilaabo 2020, wuxuu sidoo kale si joogto ah u qoraa Hong Kong Outlet Citizen News.