and are concerned that this is under threat, and might vanish in less than a generation.
They're especially aware, as there are already case precedents of the erosion of these rights / freedoms.
Yeah, people keep talking about the relative economies of Shenzhen and Shanghai.
But ask yourself - why do the mainland elite keep moving their families here, buying houses here, enrolling their kids in international schools to learn traditional Chinese, with the hopes of sending them to Ivy League and Oxbridge universities? GDP isn't everything.
I also hope the situation cools down soon.
Unlike the “mainlander” students who continues to study during schools summer break many of their HK counterparts seemingly have a School’s Out For Summer thing.But if you think this is all orchestrated by the US, you underestimate a substantial proportion of HKers, who are perfectly capable of thinking for themselves.
Please keep in mind that:
-HK's education is world-class
Peacedog wrote:If all of Hong Kong decamped and relocated to Taiwan, now that would be funny and a way out of this mess.
https://news.yahoo.com/china-lashes-tai ... 47548.html
New Policy
China’s cabinet-like State Council released the policy on Aug. 18, in which it set the target for building Shenzhen into an “international innovation city” by 2025, a “model for the modernization of socialism” by 2035, and a “global benchmark city with competitiveness, innovation, and influence” by 2050.
To reach these targets, Beijing plans for Shenzhen to become the center for research and development in 5G telecommunications, artificial intelligence (AI), biomedical laboratories, and more, according to the document. Specifically, authorities will set up a new state-run institute for biomedical research called the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Beijing also plans to integrate the financial markets in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau. The Chinese city will then “open up foreign currency management” and lift some barriers to foreign investment. Currently, China has strict allowances on how much Chinese and foreign companies can exchange into foreign currency, and limits the percentage of foreign ownership at joint-venture firms.
Beijing needs to understand that preserving Hong Kong’s capitalist system distinct from the rest of China is in its own best interests. It entails adherence to free-market capitalism
Last week, amid huge protests in Hong Kong against erosion of its autonomy from the mainland, Google Translate was found to be switching “sad” to “happy” in the sentence “I am sad to see Hong Kong become part of China,” possibly as a result of deliberate manipulation by some users.
The incident triggered widespread alarm online, and prompted a letter from Senator Josh Hawley expressing concern that “given Google’s close relationship with Beijing and financial incentive to remain close to that authoritarian government […] Google may have been negligent in performing the due diligence that could have averted this mistranslation at a juncture where precision of message is so critical.”
Google has also been caught up in ongoing trade conflict between China and the U.S., particularly over its role as mobile OS provider to Huawei. It has responded by moving some production of internal and consumer hardware outside China, and also, according to a report by NPR’s Aarti Shahani on June 7, by “quietly assuming the role of Huawei emissary” to U.S. authorities:
China retaliates with tariffs on $75 billion of US goods
Bao wrote:Beijing needs to understand that preserving Hong Kong’s capitalist system distinct from the rest of China is in its own best interests. It entails adherence to free-market capitalism
Yes HK people wants to preserve their own system. They should obviously be allowed to do it. Which includes the longest working hours in the world and no public pension. Many work til they die. It's also their own free capitalist system that has let Mainland Chinese interests to take over parts of the HK economy. Less capitalism and more concern for their own local people and interests would do them good IMHO.
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