We never get a satisfying end to these things; The same people who lied about Iraq and Libya still have jobs in the respectable media.

They'll never acknowledge that western-backed riots opposing the extradition of a murderer might have been somewhat misguided, instead we get "actually Xi Jinping successfully crushed their hopes and dreams by building inexpensive mass transit".

真的？不可思议。

I was informed by western media that HKers didn't want anything to do with us filthy mainlanders.

I wonder how the kids that "fled" to England are enjoying the beautiful British cuisine and the beautiful British weather and the polite British chavs.

Damn communists improving their people's lives to earn their support

How evil and authoritarian

The Shenzhen frenzy dovetails with Hong Kong residents’ growing willingness to work and live in mainland China. A survey of people under 40 in the city by the Hong Kong-Guangdong Youth Association conducted last year found 66% of them are now open to employment across the border, tripling from 22% in 2020.

China genocided HKs culture so that more ppl stop realizing how bad cummunism is

It's like building infrastructure works.

Travel to the mainland has been made more compelling by new infrastructure that cut travel times in half between the cities, a booming array of entertainment choices and low prices

But he added the integration could raise questions about the city’s identity

B-but what about... checks notes... Hong Kong's unique identity of overpriced goods and services 😢

Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone's head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children.

bypass paywall

No dogs or westerns allowed!

I love how the audio reading for this article is just straight-up AI generated. Like literally they mispronounce Xi's name within 3 seconds of the thing starting, kinda wondering why they even bothered.

It really is a Brave New World, isn't it?

On holidays, Hong Kong shoppers account for as much as half of all customers at Link CentralWalk, a stylish mall next to Shenzhen’s high-speed railway station that’s a 20-minute ride from Hong Kong, said a company spokesperson.

Wow that’s impressive! Only 20min?

Shenzhen is a special economic zone right? This means that the government is giving special economic benefits (e.g tax cuts) (can’t give more info I’m not too sure about the details). They created several ones on the coast and this created a disparity in development where the coast line is much more developed that the inland desert lol. It kinda sounds like the disparaît between the sun belt and the agricultural center or the US.

There’s a guy at the end that says that opposing the authoritarian government has no use because political freedom has no influence on your life. However this article makes it sounds like life is all about shopping and consuming, the only benefit of Shenzhen is shopping, buying stuff.

I don’t live in the US but this is the same there right? Authoritarian government… only consuming stuff, etc…

China and the US are kinda the same, the only difference is that it’s going well for the buying power of the Chinese people who can afford a rent on the coastline.