They’re experiencing Shenzhen, it’s not exactly the face of socialism.
It’ll be good for HKers to realise that they’re fundamentally the same people as mainlanders but this won’t build communism. Honestly it’ll take direct control from Beijing in another 20 years for that.
edit: unironically send all young hong kongers to the countryside
Yeah the wording lacks nuance, it’s a meme, but the general gist is right. Whether it’s specifically socialism that they’re experiencing isn’t the point, its that they have been told to fear the mainland, and when they go visit they find it’s not so different from home after all, and actually much better in some ways. They’re experiencing China, which includes shenzhen, as much as it includes beijing, or the countryside.
They’re experiencing Shenzhen, it’s not exactly the face of socialism.
It’ll be good for HKers to realise that they’re fundamentally the same people as mainlanders but this won’t build communism. Honestly it’ll take direct control from Beijing in another 20 years for that.
edit: unironically send all young hong kongers to the countryside
Yeah the wording lacks nuance, it’s a meme, but the general gist is right. Whether it’s specifically socialism that they’re experiencing isn’t the point, its that they have been told to fear the mainland, and when they go visit they find it’s not so different from home after all, and actually much better in some ways. They’re experiencing China, which includes shenzhen, as much as it includes beijing, or the countryside.