GUANGZHOU, China -- The number of Chinese mainland visitors to Hong Kong in August plunged more than 40% from the year-earlier total, the largest drop in more than 10 years and an indication that pro-democracy protests are threatening a government plan to further integrate the special administrative region with Guangdong Province.
Aboard a train bound for Hong Kong on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link in late September, a vendor selling beverages and other items noted, "Not many passengers go to Hong Kong. Most passengers get off at the Shenzhen North station."
