Chinese defy Hong Kong's protest gloom in hunt for bargain stocks
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Chinese investors more than doubled their Hong Kong stocks purchases this year, braving market headwinds from violent street protests and the protracted Sino-U.S. trade war, which have battered the Asian financial hub’s economy.