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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by khc on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:13PM (#20764007)
"For young Hong Kongers however, they didn't live during British rule. They were born into wealth, and now their own career prospects (like many millenials around the world) aren't great. So they protest."

Almost everything in these sentences are wrong. It's not just the young people who are protesting in Hong Kong, and most people in Hong Kong have never been born into wealth. There's a great divide between the wealthy and the poor and that's always been the case even in British time.

Source: I was born in Hong Kong 30+ years ago and our family of 4 shared a bunk bed in a room that's probably not much bigger than 100sqft

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by Mikeb85 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:24AM (#20764626)
Relative wealth then.

HK has long had a GDP per capita on par with western nations. Versus China which has had a GDP per capita on par with developing nations until fairly recently.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by dogma1138 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:01AM (#20765093)
Have you been to HK? The level of inequality there is staggering and the cost of living is much higher than most western countries, including things such as rent.

You think SV valley rents are bat shit crazy? Take a look at HK real estate listings.

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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by mitfahrener on Thursday August 22, 2019 @06:49AM (#20766611)
That doesn't seem to be mainland/CCP's fault. The big real estate developers (the Lee, Kwoks families, etc) owns much of the properties. Why is mainland China the target for inequality and housing issue to blame? I have no stake in this fight, just curious.
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by dogma1138 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:48AM (#20769392)
No one blamed mainland here but I have a very strong suspicion that you have stake in this fight given that your entire 5 months comment history here is about China related topics.
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by johnrgrace on Thursday August 22, 2019 @05:13PM (#20772397)
I also notice that poster is really focused on only one of the two chinas.
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Re:Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Ko... by EdwardDiego on Thursday August 22, 2019 @08:15AM (#20767177)
You're talking about the territory that formerly boasted the Kowloon Walled City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

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