Zhongnanhai:

I’ve taken great interest in a couple of stories recently which are exposing well-formed – but for many, unseen – cracks between the Mainland and Hong Kong. The first one is this: luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana found themselves thrust onto the front pages of Hong Kong (and international) newspapers after refusing to allow Hong Kong customers to take photos of the Hong Kong store, but apparently allowed Mainland shoppers to snap away. The second one is on growing concerns over the increasing number of Mainland women who are coming into Hong Kong and giving birth, thus ensuring their offspring have Hong Kong right-of-abode.

It’s very sad, but still, there’s hope. The PRC has not yet to learn the subtleties of soft power and the way they are pushing their agenda, it would not need a child to see through it.

As long as goodwill towards PRC does not increase among the Hong Kong people, PRC can never successfully “take-over” HK.