I'd love to see all the $$$ walk outta Hong Kong. There are plenty of major cities around that would welcome all that business with their arms wide open.
one idea of moving some 5 millions Hong Kong residents into Northern Ireland.
Lol those officials have obviously never lived in northern Ireland.They would never be accepted by the locals, there would be massive tensions.ireland is a tribalistic place. they haven't been fighting for centuries simply to have their country given away to complete strangers overnight.Maybe English people have lost their sense of identity. That is definitely not true of the Scots, Welsh or northern Irish.
It's pretty hilarious that China thinks it's going to gain anything from this debacle. HK is the jewel of Asia because of the people, government and culture, not some empty buildings. - Hong Kongers will leave and I don't see those staying willing to give the CCP an easy time- Real-estate values, stocks and investor confidence will drop faster than a fat kid on a seesaw- The US will reassess HKs freedom index (not sure of the official name of that document) and suspend all trade privileges that were in place. - Tourism will take a nosediveThe CCP would've gained seemingly nothing for a hefty cost.
Sadly, they don't care about that, they just want to cling to power and to hell with humans, be they Chinese or otherwise. History has proved it time and again, the CCP don't give a flying fig about the Chinese people, the almighty CCP is all that counts. One thing they haven't considered is that if the US blocks everything and there is capital flight from HK, they will no longer be able to launder the money of the Chinese elite in the ruling party, because that is what they use HK for and if all that happens they would have truly shot themselves in the foot.But.... many businesses will not pull out because money is more important to them than bringing down a brutal regime. I saw something online, sadly I didn't note the link but the businessmen in HK are quite confident as long as Chinese businesses and banks step into the gap that may or may not be left, they will be just fine. Not sure how much truth there is in that, but that seems to be the sentiment of business leaders, both Chinese and foreign in HK.We will just have to see how this plays out, perhaps it will be a major blow to the CCP or perhaps just a blip on the radar because as I said, money is the most important thing and morals play a minute role in business decisions.As for myself, I am harbouring the hope that they move the financial centre of HK to Taiwan, that would be a smart move. It is a stable, democratic country and should it become the 'Jewel of Asia' it is going to receive a lot more support from the world than it presently enjoys due to everyone falling over their feet to keep Beijing happy.
I mean yeah, I'm not harboring much hope for China facing any consequence for anything, but it would be nice etc.
Would help if people stopped bleating on about 'rAciSm' and 'DrUmpF' every time someone highlights what a disgrace the Chinese gov are. Doesn't matter though because out of sight out of mind innit.
