The HKSAR Government strives to “tell Hong Kong’s story well” and to impress the world that “Hong Kong is back” to the international stage. But is the world still as friendly to and appreciative of today’s Hong Kong as before? The city suffers from an international image problem. Western countries are largely skeptical of her under the new political order. In the past Hong Kong could comfortably embrace both China and the West. As global geopolitics worsen and US-China hostility escalates, Hong Kong is caught in a dilemma: for suspicious patriots, she is too Western-friendly; to the doubtful West, she is too Chinese. Can Hong Kong demonstrate that her strategic distinctness and connectivity remains intact?
