Stephen Roach vs. Hong Kong government: Is the city 'over'?

HONG KONG -- Since prominent China economist Stephen Roach wrote in February that "Hong Kong is now over" due to a confluence of eroding autonomy, economic pressure and geopolitical tensions, local critics have issued repeated rebuttals. The spat flared again this week as Roach made his first visit to the city since his declaration.

Roach, a senior research scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center of Yale Law School and a former chairman at Morgan Stanley Asia, doubled down Wednesday as he spoke to a packed house at the Foreign Correspondents' Club.