Letters | Hong Kong can carry on without American advice, thank you very much
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As a young boy growing up in Austria, I learned to admire the US for its enormous cars, and its culture and civilisation. Capitalism was the buzzword at the time and its way of governing appeared superior to everything else. The spiel about democracy was promoted much later.
We have all watched the US being concerned and trying to be helpful in quite a few countries in the past decades; Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya would be just three examples out of too many. And when looking at the results of its involvement, one doesn’t see the necessity for it to help Hong Kong now.
We in Hong Kong have proved to be adaptable and successful in the past. Simply let us continue on our path, without interference and well-meant good advice. Don’t we have the right to be governed in an “inferior” way (when considered from a US point of view)?
We wish you a good trip back to your country. Hopefully you can take along a few innovative, fruitful thoughts from Hong Kong.