Sinobabble: A Podcast about Modern Chinese History
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Dizzy's Success in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is like a piece of the West has been picked up and dropped in tropical Asia. It's got great, like, luxury shopping, these big malls, air conditioning, really modern rail and transport. But at the same time, you've got granny is who are picking up cardboard on the side of the street so that they can make a little bit of extra cash from cycling. And then you've got the domestic workers sitting under bridges in big groups,. These Indonesian and Thai girls who have come over usually young, but some of them stay there till they're middle-aged.
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