Hong Kong could spearhead China’s financial integration with world, digital yuan use: government officials

Hong Kong could play a leading role in easing China’s financial integration with the rest of the world amid Beijing and Washington’s technology and trade war, according to the city’s securities regulator. Attempts by the Trump administration to decouple the world’s two largest economies had also cemented Beijing’s resolve to further expedite its financial integration with other economies of the world. This presented a “breakthrough” opportunity for Hong Kong, said Julia Leung Fung-yee, the...