The comment section shows that HK is over...sad but true. Might as well just make it part of Shenzhen, as it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.
Don't ignore reality. The spirit of HK is not the same. We all thought that China would be more like (1997) HK, with more Western influence. Instead, HK became more like China. That is the new reality. That is what the Chinese government wanted.
It's pretty obvious that he felt like no one was listening to him. If you predict China's crash, then you are constantly getting work as a "China expert", just like Gordon Chang.
Hong Kong will be back.Perhaps Mr Roach and a few other notable ageing Americans could retire and give the World a rest.The times are changing-adapt or perish.
Hong Kong was flourishing before 2019. I went there in 2012. Beautiful streets, freedom and pretty girls. Now..there is nothing.
Yeah, all the pretty girls left. LOL!!!
As a Hong Kong citizen, I totally agree with him.
Thanks for your love for HK, Roach.
Leave, come to NYC.
The comment section shows that HK is over...sad but true. Might as well just make it part of Shenzhen, as it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.
Stephen is among the less extreme view among the western economics. Mr Xi is the problem.
Which country will allow one of its cities to behave like this?
Hong Kong is fine. It’s just not the same status as a city due to the rise of other Chinese cities like shen zhen and Shanghai
The loopholes got to be closed I cannot imagine why not. They simply don't like the new Data Security compliance..
Xi Jinping is destroying Hong Kong with oppression.
Now May 2024 and it gets worse
Don't ignore reality. The spirit of HK is not the same.
We all thought that China would be more like (1997) HK, with more Western influence.
Instead, HK became more like China. That is the new reality. That is what the Chinese government wanted.
I can't wait to see his explanations when HK comes roaring back
LOL.
Bursting property bubble.
Inverted population pyramid.
And Communism with chinese characteristics... the cherry on top.
It's over.
Ain’t gonna happen.
It's pretty obvious that he felt like no one was listening to him. If you predict China's crash, then you are constantly getting work as a "China expert", just like Gordon Chang.
@@tinyblackmage Yeah, because the doomsayers on China are always right. Oops, I meant to say "always wrong."
@@jasonjean2901 lol, stop being delusional. Look at the current situation of Hongkong, it’s over 😂
dinosaurs. 😂
Cringe take 😂
Hong Kong will be back.Perhaps Mr Roach and a few other notable ageing Americans could retire and give the World a rest.The times are changing-adapt or perish.
😂😂😂😂 I admire ur courage and hope of typical uneducated poor people…
Abs. Boomers got no idea of the chilling of criminals hopping around.
Hong Kong can only recover when Xi Jinping stops tormenting it's people.
How is Hong Kong adapting for the future?
@kenyup7936 Was there a vote by the residents of Hong Kong to join the PRC or did the British just agree to hand it over?
no cost for saying that