The Economist: Hong Kong’s Sinicisation Is Now Irreversible and It Is No Longer an International City
經濟學人：香港中國化已成定局 變得不再是國際城市
Hong Kong was recently jokingly described as having been reduced to an international financial ruin, while foreigners have been leaving and large numbers of people from mainland China have moved in. A recent report by the prominent financial magazine The Economist says Hong Kong is no longer an international city and that its Sinicisation is now irreversible. The Economist reported that Hong Kong’s population structure is changing. Of its 7.5 million people, about 200,000 residents have left in recent years, resulting in a loss of talent. After the government scrapped strict lockdown measures last year, it announced a series of talent-attraction programmes. However, in the first 11 months of 2023, Hong Kong issued 8,000 visas to foreigners, while the number issued to people from mainland China was 10 times that issued to people from Western countries. Of the 60,000 top-talent visas approved in the first 11 months of last year, 95% were issued to Chinese people.
香港早前被戲稱已淪為國際金融遺址，加上外國人離開，大批內地人進駐。著名財經雜誌《經濟學人》的最新報道指出，香港變得不再是國際城市，中國化已成定局。 《經濟學人》的報道指，香港人口結構正在發生變化，擁有 750 萬人口的香港，近年約有20萬名市民離開，導致人才外流。去年政府取消嚴格的封控措施，宣布一系列「搶人才」計畫，惟2023年首11個月，香港向外國人發放8,000份簽證，但對內地人發放的簽證數量是西方人的10倍。而且去年前11月批准6萬個頂尖人才簽證中，95%發給中國人。