“They [the Chinese taxi
drivers] have to earn seventy yuan a day.
After they make that amount on the meter they get a percentage of the
rest. But they only have to work eight
hours. In Hong Kong we all work twelve
hours. It’s a very hard life. Food is expensive, rent is expensive,
everything costs too much.”
“Maybe the Chinese government
will straighten things out when they take over Hong Kong.”
“No. They will ruin it. No democracy.”
“There’s no democracy there
now. It’s a British colony. The governor-general is appointed.”
(from Riding The
Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux)
5½*/10. The
full review is here.
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