How a Move to Bangkok Revealed China’s Economic Power
Hong Kong lies close to some of China’s biggest tech and manufacturing companies, but you hardly know it living there.
Bangkok's Chinatown, along Yaowarat Road, March 2020. Credit: iStock.com/Subodh Agnihotri
I had to leave Hong Kong and move to Thailand to really understand the power of China’s exports.
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An AP Archive video of ceremonies marking Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, June 30, 1997. Credit: AP Archive
For the nearly 12 years I lived in Hong Kong, until 2022, I was cut off from the mainland by more than just a physical border. The former British colony had been part of China since 1997, largely self-governed under what was called
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