Economics

Hong Kong Manufacturing Sentiment Hit Amid Trade War, Protests

Demonstrators walk past a ferris wheel during a strike rally on Sept. 3.

Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg
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Sentiment among Hong Kong’s manufacturers worsened again in August as the U.S.-China trade war rumbled on and the city’s economy buckled under the brunt of anti-government protests.