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November 28, 2004

Hong Kong struggles for relevance

Hong Kong has been getting marginalized by Mainland China ever since they took over the joint from the Brits in 1997. Most of the economic whatnot that used to go through Western-friendly HK has now shifted to profit hungry Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzen. Too bad, because aspiring foreign correspondents (like yours truly) used to be able to fly over there and land a newspaperin' gig with a minimum of fuss. But I digress. Apparently in a bid to remind the world they still exist, Hong Kong is setting up some whizbang broadband commerce centres.

6 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On November 28, 2004 9:36 PM, Warren Frey said:

I think this is too little, too late for Hong Kong. If the US is gonna sink behind the Chinese economic hegemon, HK doesn't stand a chance.

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On November 29, 2004 1:22 AM, cam c. said:

Hong... Kong? Isn't that a suburb of Vancouver?

Oh, wait, no, that's Richmond... my mistake... :)

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On November 29, 2004 7:28 AM, Warren Frey said:

Eh....either or. :)

The real question is, can they close the scooter gap? :)

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On November 30, 2004 2:42 AM, cam c. said:

Actually, the real quesiton is "scooterwtfbbq??!??!?" :)

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On November 30, 2004 11:21 AM, Warren Frey said:

Along with "richmondallyoucaneatgundamslolswordrtfm."

I'm pretty sure nobody but you, me and one or two other people have a clue as to what e're talking about. :)

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On December 1, 2004 5:47 AM, cam c. said:

I'm not even sure myself, but I think it has something to do with "bees" and/or "whatnow"...

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