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An executive order by U.S. President Joe Biden bars American investors from buying several Hong Kong-listed companies controlled by the Chinese government as of Monday.    © AFP/Jiji
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Trading tax hike adds to Hong Kong market gloom

Ongoing pivot toward China tech stocks sees bears stalk Hang Seng benchmark

NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM, Nikkei Asia chief banking and financial correspondent | Hong Kong

HONG KONG -- A move to reorient Hong Kong's benchmark share index toward Chinese technology stocks was intended to reinvigorate interest and help investors capture growth in the country's highest-profile growth sector.

Instead, with China's widening regulatory crackdown, the shift toward tech now threatens to bring the Hang Seng Index into bear market territory.

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