Hong Kong must abandon superiority complex over mainland China
The city’s future lies in discarding the prejudice that has clouded its judgment to embrace mainland success and align with the national trajectory
After many years in Hong Kong, with some sadness, I left the city for greener pastures, though my link with it remains an emotional one.
At the crossing, the tone of the officials was almost playful: “Are they kitties or doggies?” Once it was clear the dogs had been mine for years and that their vaccinations were valid, there was no problem at all.
By contrast, Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, which must endorse the papers prepared by private vets, while helpful, also seemed rigid. While waiting there, I overheard another applicant say she had no confidence in Chinese bureaucracy, insisting Hong Kong’s was better. That assumption, in my experience, was simply not true.