Hong Kong Market

Traders jam exchange floors as screens flash red: the Hang Seng plunges 4% amid global jitters. Phones ring nonstop; voices shout bids in Cantonese and English. This distant hub ripples economic shocks to Washington, where Bartlet gauges world markets before staff decisions. Dense with brokers' sweat and flickering data feeds, it embodies Asia's raw financial pulse—quick to punish uncertainty.