<story><title>Hong Kong activists wanted by police gain protection in Germany</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/hong-kong-china-germany-activists.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adminu</author><text>Assuming Hong Kong is indeed tightening its grip on the people and accepting more influence from Beijing, I wonder if that was a smart move. I mean, Hong Kong is a cash cow for China and an innovation driver. It foots on lots of trade and internationals coming in. Why would you fiddle with that and threaten making Hong Kong less desirable to foreigners?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>syntaxing</author><text>I think the brain drain from HK to China is much more prevalent than people know these past five years. China have been doing various &amp;quot;assimilation&amp;quot; techniques since the Qin Dynasty. I feel like China has been pretty aggressive with their &amp;quot;wash generation&amp;quot; (direct translation). Bathe the citizens in decent wealth and comfort while increasing the immigration rate from Mainlad China. Look at the new train and bridge to Shen Zhen that&amp;#x27;s part of the new government intiative to make Shen Zhen the world SV. There&amp;#x27;s new entrepreneur&amp;#x2F;startup incubator thats less than a hour travel from HK. This incubator is expected to provide tax break, living and office space, and small stipend to live for any young entrepreneur and HK citizens are qualified to apply. For the better or the worse, it&amp;#x27;s only a matter of a couple decades where HK today will cease to exist at this rate.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hong Kong activists wanted by police gain protection in Germany</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/hong-kong-china-germany-activists.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adminu</author><text>Assuming Hong Kong is indeed tightening its grip on the people and accepting more influence from Beijing, I wonder if that was a smart move. I mean, Hong Kong is a cash cow for China and an innovation driver. It foots on lots of trade and internationals coming in. Why would you fiddle with that and threaten making Hong Kong less desirable to foreigners?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yorwba</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not like all decisions in the Chinese government are made by the same person. Asserting control over Hong Kong is likely to hurt business there (especially if it involves restrictions on financial transactions similar to the mainland), but the specific individuals putting themselves into positions of power have a lot to gain from abusing that for their own profit.</text></comment>