The Change Mariner

Hong Kong Stirs, and Its Neighbors on the Mainland Take Note

New York Times

Hong Kong and the adjacent Chinese province of Guangdong, centers of Cantonese culture and commerce, are tightly bonded, in sickness and in health.

Hong Kong money has powered Guangdong's robust economic growth since the early 1980's. Shortly after severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, emerged in Guangdong late last year, it surged into Hong Kong as seamlessly as the 40,000 tourists and businessmen who pass daily through Lowu, the world's busiest border crossing.