FRANK CHING

MORE than 20 years ago, in the run-up to Hong Kong’s handover to China, rumors were rife that the city was finished. Fortune magazine published the infamous “The Death of Hong Kong” article. Books appeared with such titles as The Fall of Hong Kong, The End of Hong Kong, and The Last days of Hong Kong.

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