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Hong Kong Turmoil Hits Fragile Sentiment As Flights Canceled, China Cites ‘Terrorism’
Things have reached something of a boiling point in Hong Kong and that looks to weigh on risk sentiment to start the week following an Asian session where multiple markets were on holiday.
Hong Kong canceled all remaining flights on Monday as protesters snarled the terminal building, in what's widely billed as the most serious disruption to date. Despite the fact that the extradition bill which sparked the protests was all but pulled on June 15, the clashes have continued, turning violent and t
My conclusion: Tiananmen 2.0
Trump has, my guess inadvertently, already given a green light, or at least not flashed a red light, stating China will “have to deal with that themselves” speaking about Hong Kong “riots.”
You’d think people in Shanghai or Guangzhou would look around and ask themselves why exactly they can’t have the same rights Hong Kongers enjoy. That is when the hammer is really going to drop.
This is what can happen when foreign countries successfully elect American presidents.