Hong Kong and Singapore are not the same

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [Stop Comparing Hong Kong to Singapore]( — Shuli Ren Business travelers have been visiting Hong Kong in recent weeks, attending big finance conferences and mulling whether to wade back into China. Chinese and Hong Kong stocks are [up by some $2 trillion]( in market value since the January lows. Exchanging investment ideas aside, visitors are keen to offer their views on the future of Hong Kong, whose reputation has been dented since the government’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in 2019. Views are diverse. Last week, Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley’s former Asia chair, defended an article he had written that claimed “[Hong Kong is over](.” Perhaps not coincidentally, emerging markets investing guru Mark Mobius posted a blog on the same day [saying the opposite](, and that it was never a good idea to write off the potential of any city. It’s a lively debate. But almost invariably, Singapore is mentioned alongside Hong Kong in these discussions, as if the rise of one spells the demise of the other. Read the [whole thing](. [Private Equity Is on Sale]( — Matt Levine [Two Companies Will Guide Global Supply Chains]( — Tim Culpan [For an AI Lesson, India Must Look Back — 300 Years]( — Andy Mukherjee [Homes for Sale Are Piling Up, Just Not Where the Buyers Are]( — Conor Sen [Hunter Biden Was Convicted. His Dad’s Reaction Was Remarkable.]( — Nia-Malika Henderson [The Billionaires Backing Trump Have Selective Memory]( — Robert Burgess [Tories Pay the Price for the Harms of Brexit]( — Adrian Wooldridge [Solar Power’s Giants Are Providing More Energy Than Big Oil]( — David Fickling [Billion-Dollar Thunderstorms in Florida? Thanks, Climate Change]( — Mark Gongloff More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been reading, listening to and watching this week. - Noah Feldman calls the [Supreme Court’s bump stock ruling]( dystopian nonsense. - Matt Levine discusses Elon Musk (of course), the collapse of the Paramount deal and Wells Fargo’s mouse jigglers on the latest episode of [Money Stuff: The Podcast](. - Andreas Kluth says [Joe Biden’s Gaza pier]( is no more than pathetic symbolism. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](