From SCMP today :
A fresh bid to take charge of Hong Kong’s image and hit back at “incorrect information” in overseas media is to be launched as the city looks to promote itself to emerging markets in central Asia, Muslim countries and Africa, the new commerce chief has revealed.
That is very similar to what China is betting on. Spoke with a number of Chinese friends recently who have factories in Vietnam, Africa etc who all insisted that China is wonderful and well organised when compared to these countries and how happy they always were to get back to China. The basic approach seems to be ... get involved with less organised and less democratic countries to highlight to your own population how glad they should be living in China.
Hong Kong taking yet another step to becoming a second tier city in China.... wonder what is next?