Thread: We have already entered a Multipolar World

Originally Posted by sabang

If HK is so 'bad' why did this much mooted mass exodus fail to materialise? Just as I told you it wouldn't.

You've clearly never been to Vancouver.

I have been to hongcouver actually- the main 'exodus' to there happened prior to the 1997 Handover. Many subsequently returned to HK, having secured their second residency, others spend their time between the two, and I daresay others are happy Canadian citizens. The common complaint among the returnees is that they were now poorer than their compatriots who had stayed in HK!

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You're making up stories from imaginary friends again.

Hong Kong immigration to Vancouver reversing years of decline

Canadian census and visa data show rises in tandem since 2020 imposition of national security law in Hong Kong

Hong Kong immigration to Vancouver reversing years of decline | South China Morning Post

Originally Posted by pickel

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You're making up stories from imaginary friends again.

He does that a lot.

Yeh sure walter mitty's. Just goes to show the excitement factor and manyfold achievements of your exciting lives.

Originally Posted by sabang

Yeh sure walter mitty's. Just goes to show the excitement factor and manyfold achievements of your exciting lives.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯


gets caught making up lies, lies some more and tries to pretend others were the ones lying.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

gets caught making up lies, lies some more and tries to pretend others were the ones lying.

Basically, these days, everything he posts is a lie or a deliberate attempt to misinform. He is a useful idiot.

Not that useful.

Idiots, but what do you expect from no-life underachievers. It was a common complaint from 'returnees' that had gone to Canada, Australia or wherever, and then returned to HK. They had sold their place in HK, and HK real estate had gone down some in anticipation of the Handover, and bought a probably nice place in their destination. Then returning to HK a few years later they found that HK property had actually skyrocketed after the Handover- and their compatriots who had stayed put were now considerably richer than them. Then there is the low tax environment, business opportunities etc.

Blah Blah Blah.

Clownboy.

HK is now at the whim of a unelected Chinese puppet. Having agreed to special status provisions, once the Island was handed back, China reneged on the agreed provisions and did exactly what they wanted.

If HK is as great as you and your imaginary friends tell you, why bother with Adelaide and Pattaya?

I couldn't possibly afford HK, unless I put my nose back to the grindstone. Anyway, been there done that. Great place.

Good that you accept you are now out of touch. You can stop spouting about how great China is now.

I have several friends living there still. You don't. I became a Permanent Resident, married there, and lived there 12.5 years. None of which applies to you.

Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than New York, it is an ultra modern and very clean environment, it has the advantage of being a shoppers paradise as it is duty free.

I was last in HK 4 years ago, expats were happy and business was thriving. I didn’t meet anyone who wished for the pre ‘97 colonial rule.

Just my opinion, but I would take HK over New York anytime, it has the added advantage that you will not trip over homeless beggars and are unlikely to be mugged.

Originally Posted by sabang

I have been to hongcouver actually- the main 'exodus' to there happened prior to the 1997 Handover. Many subsequently returned to HK, having secured their second residency, others spend their time between the two, and I daresay others are happy Canadian citizens. The common complaint among the returnees is that they were now poorer than their compatriots who had stayed in HK!

Yeah. The greater influx of HK Chinese migration to Vancouver [in particular] came about when Hong Kong was associated with the Commonwealth....'60s through the '80s. And little to do with the current and false Euro-racist/anti-Chinese narrative of HK exodus [there isn't one, actually]. Easy in those days - the same boom that created the diversity of Toronto - though, Toronto still has a contemporary flow of immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers worldwide, quite reflective of what used to be a rather liberal Canadian policy.

Originally Posted by sabang

I have several friends living there still. You don’t.

Mighty presumptuous if you…

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Yeah. The greater influx of HK Chinese migration to Vancouver [in particular] came about when Hong Kong was associated with the Commonwealth....'60s through the '80s. And little to do with the current and false Euro-racist/anti-Chinese narrative of HK exodus [there isn't one, actually]

Bullshit. Most came in the 90's in anticipation of the handover. And since the crackdown, it has been rising again, as the facts I posted show.

Originally Posted by sabang

I have several friends living there still. You don't. I became a Permanent Resident, married there, and lived there 12.5 years. None of which applies to you.

Your time in HK does not qualify your ignorance of the main point in my previous post.


HK is now at the whim of a unelected Chinese puppet. Having agreed to special status provisions, once the Island was handed back, China reneged on the agreed provisions and did exactly what they wanted. Apparently you are happy to try and divert the conversation away from anything factual or difficult? Do please continue with your ignorance.

I do still have friends there.

The fact that the HKSE successfully floated more companies on to the stock market than both LSE & NYSE in 2022 is already proof enough we now have a multipolar world order.

Originally Posted by Switch

HK is now at the whim of a unelected Chinese puppet.

Given who got to choose them, HK has been at the whim of an unelected Chinese puppet since the lease ran out.

So when was there democracy in Hong Kong?

Originally Posted by sabang

The fact that the HKSE successfully floated more companies on to the stock market than both LSE & NYSE in 2022 is already proof enough we now have a multipolar world order.

Great example of irrelevant obfuscation, but not the subject under discussion, which you continue to avoid.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Given who got to choose them, HK has been at the whim of an unelected Chinese puppet since the lease ran out.

A fact that Sabang still chooses to ignore, and replace with his signature obfuscation/random imaginings.

Makes a change from being subject to the whims of an unelected white, male, foreign British hire.