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Protests and trade war drag Hong Kong shares lower

MTR slips after weekend disruptions while casino operators drop on Macao data

2 September 2019
Without a clear marching route, protesters coordinated among themselves.
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China does not understand Hong Kong's leaderless movement

Arrest of Joshua Wong and others will not quell protests

2 September 2019
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Hong Kong shares slip after protests intensify and tariffs rise

Casino operators decline after disappointing Macao gaming revenue report

2 September 2019
A fire burns on Aug. 31 after Hong Kong protesters threw Molotov cocktails during a clash with riot police. 
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Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, left, and Agnes Chow arrive at the Eastern Court by police van on Aug. 30.
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Pro-democracy activists Agnes Chow, left, and Joshua Wong were released on bail after their arrests Aug. 30. (Photos by Ken Kobayashi)
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Anti-extradition bill protesters use trolleys to stop passengers from entering the security gates during a mass demonstration at Hong Kong International Airport on Aug.13.
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Protesters occupy the departure hall of the Hong Kong International Airport on Aug. 12: Hong Kong's elite may have thrown in their lot with Beijing, but the rest of the population has gone in the opposite direction.
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China's capture of Hong Kong's elite has failed to win popular favor

Western business and political leaders now reject Beijing's enticements

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Hong Kong shares rise on revived US-China trade talk hopes

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A People's Liberation Army Navy soldier stands in front of a bilboard featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hong Kong.
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China sends fresh troops to Hong Kong as city remains on edge

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Perry Dino works on an oil painting on June 12 shortly before being engulfed in tear gas. "It’s invaluable," said the artist. "Not many paintings have tear gas as a raw material." (Courtesy of Taylor Ng at Chick Chack Studio)
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Painting with tear gas -- the art of Hong Kong’s protest movement

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29 August 2019
Demonstrators pull down a smart lamppost during a protest in Hong Kong on Aug. 24.
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Hong Kongers wreck 'smart' lampposts on surveillance fears

Protesters suspect ties to Beijing's facial recognition network

29 August 2019
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Speculators are right: Hong Kong's dollar peg does more harm than good

Hedge funders on the attack must compete with Xi Jinping's resistance

29 August 2019
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Asian equities little changed amid global growth worries

Chinese carmakers gain while Tencent and Air China decline

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Hong Kong shares slip ahead of Sino-American tariff deadline

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Automakers advance as China's State Council mulls ways to boost consumption

28 August 2019
Protesters clash with police in Hong Kong on Aug. 25. The demonstrations have continued for longer than the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014.
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