Hong-Kong Protests

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Index

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Randomuser said:
Before 2019, some of the best talents of Taiwan moved to HK coz of better pay especially in finance. You could get as close to China and doing business related to them without actually being there.

In contrast, only rejects of HK would ever consider going to Taiwan. I mean the pay is a lot worse and due to degree inflation, it's hard to get a decent job. HKers on average had it better than guys in Taiwan.

Why would that suddenly change or be different now?
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Well yeah, living in Taiwan is ass. The living conditions themselves are not awful but you'll get better in all tier 1 cities including HK itself and many tier 2 cities.

The main reason nobody sane moves to Taiwan in the long term is that it's like building your home on a volcano poised to explode in the next few years.
 
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The main reason nobody sane moves to Taiwan in the long term is that it's like building your home on a volcano poised to explode in the next few years.
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Yeah but if the ultimate goal is to obtain China citizenship ... why not?

Take up Taiwan citizenship, wait for assimilation. Bonus if you and your wealth can be offshore when it all boils over. After that, the interior is your oyster.

I'm ready to retire in a few years, question is can the Motherland be counted on to make it so? :cool:
 
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azn_cyniq

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Enestori said:
I looked through the social media of some of these protestors. They are mainly American.

They were shouting uniform English in Hungary for a Tibetan protest, which is just sad. I didn't see a single one speak or write Tibetan, except an old white person who shouted two Tibetan words. The others copied him, sounding like Americans chanting fantasy LotR elvish. It was obvious they didn't know the Tibetan.

Looks like the Tibetan exiles have deteriorated into a few young Americans shouting "Free Tibet" twice a year and then doing nothing else. The majority will also marry non-Tibetans, shredding any last link to the real Tibet.
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China should give up Tibet...if all non-native Americans agree to return to their countries of origin.
 
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azn_cyniq

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Index said:
Well yeah, living in Taiwan is ass. The living conditions themselves are not awful but you'll get better in all tier 1 cities including HK itself and many tier 2 cities.

The main reason nobody sane moves to Taiwan in the long term is that it's like building your home on a volcano poised to explode in the next few years.
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I love Taipei, but it looks so shabby for its income level. Life in Taipei is affordable and the food is among the best in the world, but I agree that mainland Chinese cities are superior.


It just doesn't feel first-world at all...
 
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azn_cyniq said:
I love Taipei, but it looks so shabby for its income level. Life in Taipei is affordable and the food is among the best in the world, but I agree that mainland Chinese cities are superior.
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It's just the dangerous political aspect that doesn't make the area suitable to build a long term life in. Even within China there is a lot of places less nice than Taipei in terms of momentarily being there I think.
azn_cyniq said:

It just doesn't feel first-world at all...
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I mean technically we are 2nd world and so have never been 1st world nor should even have the desire to be... Even through people have mostly forgotten the meaning of those words.
 
FriedRiceNSpice

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Enestori said:
They were shouting uniform English in Hungary for a Tibetan protest, which is just sad. I didn't see a single one speak or write Tibetan, except an old white person who shouted two Tibetan words. The others copied him, sounding like Americans chanting fantasy LotR elvish. It was obvious they didn't know the Tibetan.
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Hmm, I would expect that Western demands urging a nation to forfeit national territory on the grounds of ethnic-national self-determination would fall on deaf years in a country like Hungary at the very least, if not breed outright resentment.
 
MwRYum

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Heliox said:
Yeah but if the ultimate goal is to obtain China citizenship ... why not?

Take up Taiwan citizenship, wait for assimilation. Bonus if you and your wealth can be offshore when it all boils over. After that, the interior is your oyster.

I'm ready to retire in a few years, question is can the Motherland be counted on to make it so? :cool:
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The problem is: the said assimilation will not be the peaceful variety, which means you'll need to plan your portfolio smartly when considering up to what portion be kept on the island and others somewhere else.
Certainly vetting of citizenship in post-war will be very stringent.
 
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