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It’s 9am. Still windy, but #TyphoonManghkut has passed. Since my THEAD yesterday abt the typhoon went viral, I now would like to show how amazing this city is: efficient, undeterred, hardworking, resilient. Fellow HKers pls feel free to add to this thread! #HKSpirit
People lining up for bus to go to work 12 hours after the worst storm in the world this year hit this city. #HKSpirit
Workers (mostly women) got up early to clean off the debris and fallen brunches to ensure an early recovery for smooth traffic. #HKSpirit
Workers in Kowloon are already busy before the city woke up. #HKSpirit
This Sauden, one of many security guards worked through the typhoon yesterday, lives hours away from mid level, left his own home at 5:30am this morning to be here smiling for a new day. #HKSpirit
This is Sally. She lives upstairs from my friend Ming Chen, woke up early to clean up the mess with a smile. #HKSpirit
Nothing is stopping my amazing friends Ming, @debkhk and Anisha to have a morning run, even if they have to run through the fallen trees! #HKSpirit
Many people walked through the debris and broken brunches in their suits to be back to work this early morning. I’ve lived different places & traveled the world. No other city has such combo of efficiency & work ethics. HK people are undeterred. I ❤️ HK. #HKSpirit
This photo ‘To Central’ is by David Clark via @charlesdhaussy
Police directing traffic while removing fallen trees on Victoria Road in Pokfulam #HKSpirit
This is how #HK people went to work this morning, 12 hours after the city hit by the world’s worst storm. #HKSpirit
How the undeterred HKers went to work today after #TyhoonMangkhut wiped the city! #HKSpirit

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Sep 16, 2018
Starting a thread of various videos today in HK and Shenzhen as the world’s strongest storm #TyphoonManghkut wiping our cities. (Videos are not mine but collected from messages doing the rounds w WhatsApp and WeChat)
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Sep 4, 2018
@katherineykwu I get into such arguments with westerners routinely as well, most of them have not spent much time in China at all. @naval is very insightful but on this argument he’s flawed. China now has 1bn smartphone users. For many startups to spread their innovations - 1/
To the province next door w same language & similar markets makes more commercial sense than going overseas. Most of the western innovations are originated in a much smaller market so to spread beyond national boundaries is inate and needed. 2/
I also think it’s easier for people to learn something new than to unlearn something old. The narrative of China copying/ imitating the west or Japan/Korea etc was true some years ago. The rapid transformation is hard for most to grasp, especially those who observe in distance.
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