further to my other notes on this ernie ... and in case u plan to move ur family one way or the other...lol... the prognosis of the millionaires in Hong Kong ... and everyone is a millionaire here (unlike the multi millionaires and billionaires like paulus and norman....lol) is that universal suffrage will come, 2017, one way or the other ....
maybe you can build the voting systems for them? as i said, i know a few canadians that can make this vote 'fair'..... but most people with any money here, who care, has said that it will happen.... whether there will be complete chaos is debatable, but in all likelihood, given the chinese mentality of HK, of leaving everything till the last minute, it will probably be chaos....
your comments re the lower half of society will probably be the ones who will suffer is probably true. so if one is in the category, it is time to get the hell out. But by the same token, i probably don't know anyone in that category, and as such how they would get out (exporting kids for education is mainland's strategy these days as well....). Given property prices and income levels in hong kong and the complete lack of any real taxation, i don't think the top half care. they have already found safe havens. the bottom half really have no choice, but to weather it out... which is what i said before. (Mainlander multimillionaires with money are also looking for safe havens, especially in canada, as you must be aware...).
in the context of democracy or not, this is just a Deng thing. trying to keep the golden goose alive as long as possible. And depending on the views of the rest of the world... will china's policies be solidified. My comments rather than be passe, seem more prescient now. esp after the 'rhetoric of the moment' of quasi democratic elections....
the other interesting thing of these millionaire middle classes of HK, is the view that china will indeed becoming the center (zhong) of the east.., as the USA will continue to be and is the center of the west... and the rest of the countries will just be satellites, eg, canada, mexico, caribbeans to the US; and japan, vietnam, korea. philippines, etc will be to china. HK will be insignificant in the greater scheme of things, one way or the other, as economically, china socialism comes into its world of commerce.... ie, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou become the 'centers of commerce' for the NEW CHINA. ... hey i should copyright this stuff... lol ... before the economist gets a hold of it....
I'd write more, but those are the two latest discoveries from taking to the masses .... lol....
rather... I'd rather be working at Zhong Nan Hai ... lol....
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