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Tighter ties with the mainland have not always helped
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The hub is attracting more deals. And more Beijing-style politics

The financial hub abounds with precious wares

And why Shanghai and Tokyo are not

It’s an inexpensive way to see an expensive city

It wants mainland investors to bet on its own tech dreams not America’s

A 21st-century test of a 19th-century observation