Simon Cartledge is the founder and owner of Big Brains, a Hong Kong-based research and publishing company and is a former Asia editor-in-chief of the Economist Intelligence Unit. He is the author of "A System Apart: Hong Kong's Political Economy from 1997 Until Now."
Hong Kong is hurting. The relentless assault on the city's long-standing freedoms might be the most visible aspect, but its economy is also suffering.
