Hong Kong has a free market economy ... outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. After peaking in 2014, overall tourist arrivals dropped 2.5% in 2015 and 4.5% in 2016.

Though Hong Kong is a part of China, travelers must still pass through immigration when going to and from the mainland. Two are being held on suspicion of organizing an illegal border crossing.

China and Hong Kong have expanded a pilot cross-border wealth connect scheme to include services offered by brokers, ...