Politics
Hong Kong government continues tourism drive as Chan Chi-yuen argues city's international status more important than tourism policy
Since May 2024, when Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, called for establishing the concept that Hong Kong should be "a place for tourism everywhere", the Hong Kong government has been driving tourism development.
Political conflicts over the past four years have shown no evidence of hindering Taiwan's economic development
In superficial comparisons of cross-strait economic levels, it appears that authoritarian/totalitarian politics on the other side of the strait can deliver economic development better than democratic politics.