Hong Kongers Unperturbed by Beijing Economic Threats

The official China National Tourism Administration is barring mainland tour groups from traveling to Hong Kong. Wednesday's edict marks a strategic shift in the way Beijing is attempting to rein in and, analysts suggest, sow division, in the Hong Kong special administrative region, where democracy protests are growing by the day. More than 40 million mainlanders cross the border into Hong Kong each year, making them the city’s largest group of visitors by far. Travel Industry Council...

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