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Whatever happend to Hong Kong's independence movement?

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May 02, 2018

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Hong Kong's GDP up 0.4% yoy in Q2

August 16, 2019

Growth originally stated as 0.5% (Reuters), subsequently revised down to 0.4% (Reuters).
The shrinkage of -0.4% compared with Q1 was subsequently revised to -0.5% (Reuters).

Yoy GDP change, %

2018
Q1   4.6
Q2   3.5
Q3   2.9
Q4 1.2

2019
Q1   0.6
Q2 0.4

*Updated to reflect revisions.

Comment pieces - August 2019

August 31, 2019

Li Yuan, China’s Soft-Power Fail, New York Times, 20 Aug 19
Ming Ming Chiu, For Hong Kong protesters, the choice is clear: be violent and fail, or use peaceful pressure and succeed, SCMP, 21 Aug 19

Hong Kong's GDP up 0.5% yoy in Q1

May 03, 2019

Weakest quarterly figure since Q3 2009.
Also, Q4 2018 growth revised down to 1.2% from 1.3%.
Bloomberg / Reuters

Previous quarters:
2018
Q1   4.6
Q2   3.5
Q3   2.9
Q4 1.2