Economics
Hong Kong Crashes Into Recession as Protests Hit Economy
- Quarter-on-quarter performance worse than all estimates
- Return of mainland tourists a must for recovery, experts say
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Hong Kong’s economy contracted sharply in the third quarter as it entered a recession, exceeding economists’ worst estimates of the damage from nearly five months of protests.