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    New Hong Kong in Ireland?

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/h...land-5566xs8jl

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    Let's hope the Republic of Ireland welcomes new immigrants.

    Many local Hong Konger's haven't really experienced racism and it'll be an experience they will not forget.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crim...lour-1.3889478

    https://www.irishpost.com/news/distu...-galway-183680


    Meanwhile across the border in Northern Ireland, thing's aren't much better...

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/r...cies-1.1120267

    Last edited by ArrynField; 28-07-2020 at 07:19 PM.

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    Hong Kongers are very well versed in racism based on skin color. I'm sure they'll integrate just fine.


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    Very strange headline... "Chu, a Green Party councillor since 2019, is the first ethnic Chinese mayor of a major European capital city"

    Has there been an ethnic Chinese mayor of minor European capital cities before?!

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    Hongkongers suffer racism from their government all the time.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    Very strange headline... "Chu, a Green Party councillor since 2019, is the first ethnic Chinese mayor of a major European capital city"

    Has there been an ethnic Chinese mayor of minor European capital cities before?!
    Does a European colonial city count? If so then Melbourne would have had their first ethnically Chinese Mayor in the late 70’s not long after the white Australia policy was abolished by the Whitlam govt, had David Wang, not died of a heart attack before he was officially sworn in.

    Fast forward 25years and then we had the very popular (Hong Konger ) John So, who was the first directly elected Mayor via the people not the councillors. 2001 -2004.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    Has there been an ethnic Chinese mayor of minor European capital cities before?!
    Surprisingly few ethnic Chinese in EU politics.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe...hinese_descent

    Indians seem to have done better in EU / UK.

    Varadkar is probably the highest politically ranked 'Indian' ...

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    Sad to read this - there are idiots everywhere. I was in Galway 2 years ago for a few days and absolutely loved it. The food was great, the drink was good, and MUSIC! omg the live music was unbelievable! The people i met were really nice too, as the place seems to be heavily reliant on tourists (and I guess in covid thats having a significant impact on livelihoods there).

    Quote Originally Posted by ArrynField:
    Let's hope the Republic of Ireland welcomes new immigrants.

    Many local Hong Konger's haven't really experienced racism and it'll be an experience they will not forget.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crim...lour-1.3889478

    https://www.irishpost.com/news/distu...-galway-183680


    Meanwhile across the border in Northern Ireland, thing's aren't much better...

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/r...cies-1.1120267

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    A lush pocket of northeastern Ireland has been identified as the potential site for a new global city to rival Hong Kong.

    Hong Kong set the bar for charter cities. But it's not a blueprint that can be transported

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/12/a...hnk/index.html
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