China Fortifies Hong Kong’s Role as Financial Powerhouse - WSJ

senior Chinese officials discussed how to integrate Hong Kong with the rest of China, economically as well as politically, without diminishing its role as a global financial center. Their thinking was that the lure and size of the Chinese market would continue to help Hong Kong prosper and draw international investors, even with changes to the legal and political structures that underpinned Hong Kong’s economic freedom.

Stomping on the freedom of Hong Kong just to make a buck. The Chinese really understand Westerners.