The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.3% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.1% to 2242.17 in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 0.1% at 22044.37.
In Hong Kong, Oriental Daily News calls the mainland and Hong Kong authorities "passive" and says they have failed to take strong preventive measures.
Mr. Chan predicted that the next phase of offshore yuan trade would involve "more balanced flow between the mainland and Hong Kong, " with Chinese currency moving in both directions as more Chinese exporters ask to accept yuan in payment for their goods from overseas buyers.
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With the country's own bean-counters trained in Communist-era systems which never paid heed to capitalist ideas like profits or assets accountants are being lured to the mainland from Hong Kong and the rest of the region.
Moreover, it would be a welcomed development if all of China's ITICs and so-called "red-chips" in Hong Kong and on the mainland could, at long last, receive the kind of serious auditing that they have richly deserved, but never really received.
There is a widening gap between the way the mainland sees the world and the way the finance and real estate heavy Hong Kong sees it.
Due to the subtropical summer heat and the pollution that blows down from the factories on the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong is a punishing place to run.
Rupert Murdoch's Phoenix network broadcasts soap operas and sports to the mainland by satellite out of Hong Kong, despite Chinese authorities' periodic attempts to block it.
The company has more than 1, 600 Hong Kong retail outlets and a strong presence in 320 cities on the mainland.
According to the Hong Kong Immigration Department, mainland tourists increased by 32.7% y-o-y between February 11 and February 13. (CNY holidays are two days shorter in Hong Kong and Macau than in the mainland).
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Alarmed at the size of the demonstrations, the mainland's top leadership began to focus on Hong Kong and discovered just how unpopular and ineffective their man was.
A-shares has narrowed over the past six years from about 90% to below 30%, as prices in the Hong Kong market have risen and prices on the mainland have (until recently) stagnated (see chart).
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Our correspondent says the row is the latest example of the cultural, social and political gap that exists between Hong Kong and its mainland masters.
Besides business in Hong Kong, all three have growing investments and policy exposure in the mainland.
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