Hong Kong is collateral damage in Trump's new trade war with China

Rest of Asia can expect to suffer too if US president pursues strategy

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Trump is desperate to blame Beijing for both the coronavirus and America's sudden plunge into recession. © Reuters

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

Of all the things Hong Kong expected in 2020, being the subject of a proxy war between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping probably was not among them.

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