In 2015, Swiss watch exports to Hong Kong, a bellwether of Chinese luxury buying, fell 23 per cent.
A set of proposed regulations for China's online ride-hailing industry are shaping up as a bellwether of how much internet "disruption" Beijing will tolerate — and are being closely watched by the country's biggest tech companies.
Time Etc, whose clients pay £19-£27 per hour, has been offering its services since 2007 and has grown to a size that makes it something of a bellwether for this service sector niche, complete with a US arm.
