On Hong Kong Shelves, Illicit Dirt on China’s Elite

Re:On Hong Kong Shelves, Illicit Dirt on China’s Elite by eddieplan9 on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:11AM (#5736020)

This is allowed because it does no real harm to the ruling party. Remember even though many western country visitors can enter HK without any visa [1], interestingly the Chinese people need a special pass to visit HK [2]. I won't be surprised that the 0.2% of the population that visit HK are mostly elites who have little interest in changing the system that favors their interest.

[1] http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/visit-transit/vi... [2] http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/overseas-chinese...

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Re:On Hong Kong Shelves, Illicit Dirt on China’s Elite by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:10AM (#5736166)

People with Shenzhen hukou can visit Hong Kong without a special pass (or to say, their hukou is a special pass). You also don't need one if you are transiting through Hong Kong and take a layover for a few days (that's how my wife did it on our trip back from Bali).

There are also plenty of Chinese tourists in Hong Kong, not just elites but a lot of middle class.

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