{"id":148255,"date":"2026-03-20T09:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148255"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:27:05","slug":"chinas-hainan-free-trade-hub-reinvents-itself-as-hong-kongs-rival-and-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148255","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Hainan free-trade hub reinvents itself as Hong Kong\u2019s rival \u2013 and partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs Hainan pushes ahead with its free-trade port, the tropical island is emerging as a potential rival to Hong Kong\u2019s long-standing role as a regional shopping and low-tax hub \u2013 even as both sides signal interest in closer cooperation.<br \/>\nSince launching a separate customs regime three months ago, Hainan \u2013 now a gateway to the Chinese market \u2013 has positioned itself as a \u201csuper partner\u201d to Hong Kong across industry chains, finance, tourism and other sectors, according to officials.<br \/>\n\u201cHong Kong serves&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3347323\/chinas-hainan-free-trade-hub-reinvents-itself-hong-kongs-rival-and-partner?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs Hainan pushes ahead with its free-trade port, the tropical island is emerging as a potential rival to Hong Kong\u2019s long-standing role as a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}