"The skyscrapers, 70 stories high, are filled with tiny apartments. The streets are full of high-end shops and bustling markets. On the rooftops, the neon signs of the world's leading banks are perched. This is Hong Kong, one of Asia's megacities, where capitalism is late-stage. If an alien were to land here, it would never guess that the place belonged to a communist country like China."
"We're asking the international community for its support, sums up Timothy Tong, a 73-year-old Hongkongese engineer who is also chairman of the Hong Kong Laureate Forum, which was held in early November to award the Shaw Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prizes of Asia. The event brought together 12 previous winners, as well as 200 young researchers from 20 countries, with the aim of strengthening international scientific collaboration."
Hong Kong combines dense high-rise housing, luxury shops, and global bank signage while projecting a late-stage capitalist appearance. The city is pursuing a goal of consolidating itself as the scientific capital of China and is soliciting international support for that effort. The Hong Kong Laureate Forum gathered previous Shaw Prize winners and young researchers from many countries to strengthen international scientific collaboration. China already leads the world in several research fields while the United States faces decline, prompting Europe to consider closer cooperation with China despite political differences. The 2019 pro-democracy protests were suppressed and new national security laws have limited public demonstrations.
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