On Hong Kong Shelves, Illicit Dirt on China’s Elite

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22 points·steve19··6 comments

This really shows how much autonomy Hong Kong retained after being handed back to China in 1997. At the Tsim Sha Tsui ferry terminal, there are people at stands distributing leaflets, magazines and DVDs which strongly criticize (that's an euphemism) the Communist Party of China. Of course, this would never be tolerated in mainland China.

This is allowed because it does no real harm to the ruling party. Remember even though many western country visitors can enter HK without any visa [1], interestingly the Chinese people need a special pass to visit HK [2]. I won't be surprised that the 0.2% of the population that visit HK are mostly elites who have little interest in changing the system that favors their interest.

[1] http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/visit-transit/vi... [2] http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/overseas-chinese...

People with Shenzhen hukou can visit Hong Kong without a special pass (or to say, their hukou is a special pass). You also don't need one if you are transiting through Hong Kong and take a layover for a few days (that's how my wife did it on our trip back from Bali).

There are also plenty of Chinese tourists in Hong Kong, not just elites but a lot of middle class.

Can the moderator please change the URL to the first page? It current directs to the second.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/exposes-of-chin...

I submitted it. Sorry about that.

The single page format would be even better.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/exposes-of-chin...

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