With all the news about trade wars, Hong Kong protests, and economic disturbances worldwide, the focus of much of it is coming out of Asia, China specifically.
Hong Kong has long been China's economic ticket to the Western world. But residents there, who have more freedoms, their own laws and even their own money, are starting to balk at China's encompassing surveillance policies.
While China is getting ready to roll out their new state cryptocurrency quite possibly in November 2019, Hong Kong is a bastion of technical innovation, and decided fans of decentralized cryptocurrencies.
This article explores these and many other factors in the tenuous balance between China, Hong Kong and the world at large.
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