The End of Hong Kong?

[George K]

Never let a crisis....

[Jolly]

I need to borrow George's shocked face...

[George K]

@Jolly said in The End of Hong Kong?:

I need to borrow George's shocked face...

...again.

[jon-nyc]

It’ll be interesting to see how far they take it.

Like will they get rid of visa free travel from the west? Seems they’d want it to remain a hub for western banks.

[jon-nyc]

But sad, I agree.

[xenon]

It's gonna be ugly for everyone in the world, but I for one look forward to the China bubble bursting.

[George K]

@xenon said in The End of Hong Kong?:

It's gonna be ugly for everyone in the world, but I for one look forward to the China bubble bursting.

That's so 1989.

[xenon]

Their demographics are backwards and it’s tough moving past their current “low hanging fruit” strategy of low skill factory workers.

Their PPP growth has been lower than the U.S.:

They’re due for a reckoning

Remember how scary Japan was

[Copper]

Japan didn't have nukes.

[Jolly]

Or a communist regime.

[Loki]

its Up to the protesters to do what they did in the past. The world would certainly watch that.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Loki said in The End of Hong Kong?:

its Up to the protesters to do what they did in the past. The world would certainly watch that.

Applying that same logic to Poland about 80 years ago would not have aged well, to paraphrase George.

[Loki]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The End of Hong Kong?:

@Loki said in The End of Hong Kong?:

its Up to the protesters to do what they did in the past. The world would certainly watch that.

Applying that same logic to Poland about 80 years ago would not have aged well, to paraphrase George.

I wonder if China is betting that with coronavirus you won’t get the same level of protests.

[taiwan_girl]

@Loki

If they are, then I think they underestimate. People that I have talked to from HK are pretty "fired up" about this.

On another interesting note, when the China assembly was giving a speech yesterday regarding Taiwan, they mentioned "reunification", but in unlike the last 30 years or so, they did use the term "peaceful reunification".

However, in a note from Taiwan MOFA, we were told not to think too much about this and no major implication should be made from this.

[Axtremus]

Mass Exodus from Hong Kong

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html

Singapore seems to be the destination of choice for those who leave Hong Kong.

[Ivorythumper]

@Axtremus said in The End of Hong Kong?:

Mass Exodus from Hong Kong

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html

Singapore seems to be the destination of choice for those who leave Hong Kong.

Who didn't know this was inevitable when the UK ceded HK, which was agreed to remain status quo for 50 years?

[Jolly]

@Ivorythumper said in The End of Hong Kong?:

@Axtremus said in The End of Hong Kong?:

Mass Exodus from Hong Kong

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html

Singapore seems to be the destination of choice for those who leave Hong Kong.

Who didn't know this was inevitable when the UK ceded HK, which was agreed to remain status quo for 50 years?

Nobody in their right mind.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Ivorythumper said in The End of Hong Kong?:

@Axtremus said in The End of Hong Kong?:

Mass Exodus from Hong Kong

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html

Singapore seems to be the destination of choice for those who leave Hong Kong.

Who didn't know this was inevitable when the UK ceded HK, which was agreed to remain status quo for 50 years?

Henry, the mild mannered janitor?