At the posh Hong Kong Guilin hotel in Guangxi province, which would normally be packed with foreign tourists, the revolving restaurant lurches on its unsteady course for just two Western diners.
Here in Guilin, which has, perhaps, the most romantic topography in China, the 80 to 90 tour boats that used to ply the Li River daily have dwindled to just three.
The feud between Mr. Fung and China Youth came out in the open in January, when the businessman called a news conference in Hong Kong to protest the behavior of his Chinese partner and local authorities in Guilin.
Today, the luxury establishment is nearly deserted; business is so dismal that the foreign investor in the hotel project, Hong Kong businessman Frederick Hsieh, is prepared to give away his 50% share to his partner, the Guilin government.