William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Idea to end city's currency peg is one face of president's economic war on Beijing

Hong Kong's financial district: a key selling point for the city has long been the stablest exchange rate in Asia. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."