HONG KONG—As China drew up a new security law for Hong Kong last month, its top Foreign Ministry official in the city gathered international business groups and diplomats to deliver a message from Beijing: Don’t panic.
The law would target only a small group of radicals and wouldn’t impede the free market ethos behind Hong Kong’s rise as a global business hub, the official said. But now that businesspeople are finally seeing the law, there is much to cause concern.
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Or maybe the foreign executives can go back to their own countries and hire the local executives to see if they will dea with it better than they can.
That maybe a good news for the RE market since it’s been too high to afford for majority of HK citizens.
Easy way to tell whether markets are actually concerned abt that - what's happening w HK RE market
yeah... or, make it better as a trading hub... that's the only thing 'foreign executives' are worried about. uncontroversial... for 'foreign executives.'
The Free Territory of Trieste might be a precursor.
Almost guaranteed. China destroys everything it touches.
Wow, so much foresight...
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