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by theoa 566 days ago
I lived in Hong Kong from 1981 to 1991.

* Overflowing with optimism and "can do" * Equal protection under the law no matter the origin * Max tax 15% for all * Education and health benefits for all (accepting always flaws somewhere) * Anti-corruption was effective (ICAC) * Straightforward process to become a voting legal immigrant for non-Chinese * Many people speaking English, various Chinese dialects, Tagalog and more * Springboard to helping adjacent countries modernize * Unparalleled Eastern and Western food and housing and sociability

I moved to San Francisco only because I was a techie and had a need to change the world. If there had been the Internet, I might still be there...

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Milton Friedman made a documentary about it https://youtu.be/xqh0zXSd4vc