Just dont have a reason to go anymore.
There isnāt much work stuff going on related to HK anymore and it just seems less attractive than in the past.
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Wonāt go to any of those places again until they are free. Glad I made the trip before hand. I did have to transit through Hong Kong a couple of times after Xiās stupid laws though. Will have to avoid those in the future as well.
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Iām surprised how many people in Taiwan say that, compared to, say, people in Europe or the US or SE Asia or Japan.
But I guess I shouldnāt be surprised. After all, Taiwan and China are technically still enemies.
P.S. Hong Kong was never free. It used to be a British colony.
Xiās laws allow the arrest of any Taiwanese even in the airport. I am very against Chinaās invasion of of Hong Kongās self-governance, but at the same time, Iām even more concerned about taking any chances in regions under Chinese control.
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They actually allow the arrest of any human being who is suspected of breaking their laws. Not just Taiwanese.
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I was just modifying my post to say that, but you beat me to it.
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Hong Kong was blah even before all that mess.
Nah at one time was one of the best cities in the world
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I visited in the 90s and also regularly until a few years ago. It was exciting in itās heyday. Lost a lot of good people now but it will keep on motoring I guess just under a restrictive cloud.
It was ahead of the rest of Asia for a lot of things, like fashion, media etc
Remember 5 years ago HK was still competing with Singapore, but was way more fun and way more open.
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We really need a new fun international city in Asia, that isnt fucking expensive as hell and anti fun.
Bangkok is good but still a mess in many parts of the city.
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Saigon?
Kinda messy with all the motorbikes, personally a bit over that after living in Taiwan, although I like Vietnam as well.
Da Nang cityā¦potential.
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Taipei I guess could be somewhat more international, but will never be that fun.
Shanghai used to be fun and international, but fuck that shit now.
I never really got the vibe in Shanghai at all. Felt it wasnāt really international as the % of foreigners compared to population was still pretty tiny. Would much prefer Singapore to there always.
Taiwan forget itā¦never gonna happen.
The whole geography of Asia has changed in the last 5 years.
HK was the real hub of Asia for a long time, and where you went for the good jobs and doing China stuff. Now nobody wants to go to China
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Yeah even Chinese I kmow donāt want to go and live there.
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Shanghai salaries are super high. Higher than Europe for a lot of positions. Thats the main draw I guess. A lot of foreigners have a lot of disposable income in Shanghai for that reason and there are a lot of restaurants, shops and services catering to them.
Also attracts the kind of foreigners who only care about money. I find a lot of the bars and restaurants are the kind you would find in Canary Wharf in London, shiny joints for the moneyed corporate types
But over now, Shanghai lost 30% of its foreign population in a year
You had to be there in the 20s.
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Idk why Westerners all seem to like Hong Kong very much. Every time thereās a survey on about āmost boring travel destinationā or āa place you would never visit againā on PTT or whatever, Hong Kong always wins by a landslide, followed by Singapore and Korea.