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Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by iiuytrty on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:21AM (#20818396)
Compare Hong Kong to Macau.

They are in the same position, - Colonized by a European country and then returned to China, - Under one country, two systems - Speak Cantonese

but Macau’s GDP per person is almost double that of Hong Kong.

There are no protests in Macau.

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Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by IIAOPSW on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:02AM (#20818579)
Hong Kong has over triple the GDP per person as mainland China. If the relevant predictor is GDP per person, why isn't mainland China experiencing civil unrest?

If the answer is GDP growth rates, Macau has an insane boom-bust cycle with -20% growth in 2015. Why wasn't there civil unrest there in 2015?

If the answer is a more complicated combination of indicators and trends, you're going to have to spell it.

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Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by keiferski on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:37AM (#20818450)
Macau is a fraction of the size of Hong Kong. I don't really think it's a comparison worth making in any deep sense.

- GDP: Hong Kong 341.4 billion USD, Macau 50.36 billion USD

- Population: Hong Kong 7,392,000, Macau 622,567

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