“It has long been a truism that if you want to know how people feel about a government and its policies, just open the borders,” Keith B. Richburg writes in Opinions. “Then see whether people flood in or flee out.”
as a way to promote national education and loyalty to China. Many families with children say the school changes are their main motivation to leave.The key pull factor is the ease Hong Kong citizens have getting visas to Britain, Canada, Australia and the United States after the security law was implemented.
Government officials regularly try to play down the exodus, insisting the city has long seen population fluctuations, that people will return once the covid restrictions are eliminated and once departing residents realize that Hong Kong still boasts competitive advantages over popular destinations like Britain and Singapore.
When Hong Kong on Sept. 26 finally dropped its dreaded hotel quarantine rule, so many travel-starved Hong Kongers raced to book flights that the Cathay Pacific airline website and switchboardBut there has been no commensurate upsurge of incoming visitors taking advantage of the relaxed requirements. Whether it’s Russians, Chinese or Hong Kongers, the numbers don’t lie. People tend to vote with their feet. And it’s hard to see the trends reversing before the governments’ policies do.
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