In the 1960s, millions swam across the Sham Chun River that separates Hong Kong from Shenzhen on China’s mainland. It’s a waste of words to say where the millions were swimming from or to, but just in case, back in the 1960s and 70s it wasn’t uncommon to hear in the U.S. that “they’re starving in China, so finish your dinner.” Yes, the millions who escaped Chinese collectivism in favor of Hong Kong’s freedom were escaping starvation first and foremost.
The migration of massive amounts of human capital from Shanghai and Shenzhen (among others) to Hong Kong always comes to mind when newspaper and television headlines describe it as a “migrant crisis” when humans exit collectivist and or murderous parts of the world. How could it be a “crisis” to take in people who love themselves and their families enough to exit what suffocates their freedom and their ability to eat?
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