Hong Kong suffers biggest ever population drop as exodus accelerates

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Hong Kong has recorded its sharpest annual drop in population, with experts blaming the decline on strict Covid control measures and a political crackdown that have taken the shine off a financial hub long advertised as “Asia’s world city.”

The city’s total population fell from 7.41 million people to 7.29 million, a 1.6% decrease, the Census and Statistics Department said Thursday.

That’s the steepest decline since the government began tracking figures in 1961.

Though authorities attributed some of that to a “natural” decrease – more deaths than births – experts said the figures also reflected an exodus that has accelerated in the past few years amid periods of massive social upheaval that have included anti-government protests and the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hong-kong-suffers-biggest-ever-population-drop-as-exodus-accelerates/ar-AA10zTZk

Heckuva job Xi.

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1. A lot of Hong Kong residents are moving to the UK.

To my understanding these folks tend to be young and educated. The UK will certainly benefit from this influx of intellectual capital.