Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship

Re:Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship by shell0x on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:47AM (#28074453)

I think it reached a point of no return. HK is still a very special place, but I see a lot of expats leaving for Singapore and Hkers leaving for overseas(BNO visa).

Singapore is more stable, but has even less freedoms than HK though.

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Re:Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship by walshemj on Thursday August 05, 2021 @02:26PM (#28077587)

Depending on how bad it turns out I could see a wave of HK emigration to the UK.

Similar how a lot of Asians living in Africa (Uganda Kenya etc.) did in the 1970's, Without the ethnic cleansing aspect.

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Re:Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship by shell0x on Thursday August 05, 2021 @07:10PM (#28081272)

This is already happening: https://www.gov.uk/types-of-british-nationality/british-nati...

My friend moved on that visa this week. Before Hong Kongers could get a BNO passport and it wasn’t particularly useful. The British government changed the conditions a year ago, and now it’s an open residence permit with a direct path to full citizenship.

There are at least a million people eligible for a BNO passport.

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Re:Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship by allarm on Thursday August 05, 2021 @09:08PM (#28082119)

> Singapore is more stable, but has even less freedoms than HK though

And it’s getting worse every day. I.e. recently they allowed “social distance enforcement officers” to get into your house to check that you’re not breaking any rules (for instance not having a party with more people than allowed by current regulations). No warrant needed. Non-compliance penalized by up to $10000 and/or jail time.

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