Mizuki's Reviews > Exciting Times

I have no love for a novel which only uses my home town as a colorful backdrop and doesn't give a shit about what is happening to the local people.

There are many expats who know Hong Kong and its history and cultures well, for crying out loud.

Some material for your thoughts: https://qz.com/2049655/nicole-kidmans...

The lives portrayed in the shows—which revolve around cocktail parties and the small bother of “managing the help“— also validate the perceived image of some expats in the eyes of local citizens: a bunch who are indifferent to the drastic political changes the place they reside is experiencing, as they always know they can leave the city when “the shit hits the fan,” as one US woman who lives in Hong Kong told the Financial Times in April.