Same photo of Sai Wan Ho, HK island, every year, at sunrise. Appearances are deceiving. Although HK still appears functional, with bustling harbour activities, midnight street food vendors making wonton noodles, and some of the highest level of civic efficiency, the destruction has long begun. Converted back to China since 1997, Mandarin is now the second language, not English. The young kids of this new generation are in general, rather demotivated. Cantonese, the coolest language around, is marginalized rapidly. The lawlessness of China and its absolute rule against individual freedoms, such as not allowing usage of Gmail in China for one small example, pitches the Hong Kongers into a new level of despair. As oft said, no one in the international community cares and will stand up for Hong Kong, a little island of peace, mahjong, outrageous kung fu flicks, and the most obsessively delicious cuisine. One goes to war for oil but most certainly not wonton noodles.
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