is the chairman of cathay pacific airways john sloss has become the 2nd top figure to resign from the hong kong based care after the airline c.e.o. had its own organs sixteen's following pressure by beijing over participation of allen employees in anti-government protests meanwhile it has emerged that china is giving less business to hong kong due to its trade war with the u.s. as well as the ongoing pro-democracy protests that nearly half of respondents to the latest hong kong purchasing managers index reported lower demand from china the city has long been a financial hub for the mainland but it is also an off shore haven for many of china's elites as a new study shows and the suggest may force beijing's hand to be more lenient with hong kong's protesters we want to talk to the author of that study in a moment but 1st this report. stocks have fallen the airport brought to a standstill business orders are now dropping protesters in hong kong are targeting china by paralyzing its biggest financial hub. yet hong kong doesn't care the way that used to industrial mainland cities like wan