Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong over Proposed Data Laws (wsj.com) 10 points by throwaway1997 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] throwaway_2047 5y ago ↗ The were no major international companies IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The listing companies were overwhelmingly chinese ones. When American companies leave HK, all the trust in HK being an "international city" will be gone. [–] hnfong 5y ago ↗ US tech companies never had much presence in Hong Kong to begin with. You can't "leave" a place if you never really been there in the first place.
[–] hnfong 5y ago ↗ US tech companies never had much presence in Hong Kong to begin with. You can't "leave" a place if you never really been there in the first place.
[–] funshed 5y ago ↗ Is it not more likely the "threat" is to turn off HK Google and turn on China Google.
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