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Phil Muncaster, The Reg's man in Hong Kong, has said his final '拜拜' - that's bye-bye in simplified Chinese - to the special administrative region. Before he moved on, we asked him to assess his two-and-a-bit years covering Asia's technology industries. Here's his assessment on where Asia sits in the technology world. – Ed. Over …

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  1. dogged

    Si si mi

    for the illuminating glimpse of the Asian markets.

    Good luck in your future endeavours, Phil.

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  2. Anguilla

    Hordes of street crapping "Locusts" from the North!

    So '拜拜' is "simplified Chinese characters"??

    Actually - Hong Kong uses "traditional" Chinese characters!

    Neither of which are understood by most of the rest of the world - even the so called "Yellow Bananas"!

    And as for Chinese place names "converted" into "English" - Pah!

    A city in Canton Province's Pearl River Delta is spelt out as "Shiqi" - which you'd *think* ought to be pronounced as "She-kwi" but actually comes out as "Sek-Kay" from the mouth of a local.

    And due to "re-education" - the Commie Locust hordes who pour into Hong Kong to strip the shops to resell everything from Baby Milk Powder to luxury goods expect the shop staff to speak Mandarin *&* provide "simplified" Chinese character signs too.

    These used to call us "westerners" 'Barbarians' - But frequent altercations between the civilised Hong Kongers & the barbarian hordes from the North over their kids shitting and pissing on the streets of Hong Kong really show that it is THEY who are today's Barbarians!

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    So the filler articles copy, paste, reworded from English language China, Japan etc news sites will stop?

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  4. ecofeco Silver badge

    Good overview

    Pretty much a good overview.

    The part not mentioned is why we can't get half the cool stuff they have. I know I'd like an all-in-one washer/dryer that irons as well. Or sleek counter-top dishwasher for the single person. Or dirt cheap super broadband. Or high speed trains. Or umbrellas with video projectors inside that you watch when it's raining.

    That's just the short list.

    The Asian economic region isn't about to become number one in the world because they have a great big military and lots of atomic bombs.

    Amazing isn't it?

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