I live in SYDNEY where the 2000 Olympics (who cares!) and 2002 Gay Games were held (complete flop). Sydney's said to be the second queerest city in the world- which i doubt - with an est. pop. of 400,000 dykes & fags. The major celebration each year is the Mardi Gras but lately this has been facing financial problems. Not only are there gay and lesbian liason officers in Sydney's police force,  it also happens that Sydney was the first city in the world to employ female cops.
A version of the history of Australia: 

Australia is the second smallest continent. At least 40,000 years ago the first humans arrived. They had an okay sort of life. Then 200-odd years ago, some greedy people arrived and started shooting the original inhabitants and doing terrible things to the land. 

In the 20th century, these nasty people decided that (having killed all the people that used to live here) they had better get in some new people to do all of the dirty jobs. Then in the 1970s, they decided they might like a little Chinese takeaway now and then, so they let more Asians come to the country. With all of these changes you might think Australia improved as a country, but sadly, it is still run mostly by nasty greedy people. 


I left HongKong 2 years before Communist China's takeover in 1997. Decided not to stay in case my livelihood got affected:
  • less “funky” nightlife...more and more KARAOKE and songs in Mandarin (i hate karaoke!!).
  • when traveling overseas, I’d have to tell people I was from China (yucky connotations). 
  • there’d be an influx of mainlanders (who like to spit and squat in public places). 
  • more crime and corruption. 
  • i would have to take Mandarin lessons. 
  • tv stations won’t close the night’s programming with “God save the Queen”. 
  • i may not be able to travel freely.
  • i may not even be able to speak freely. 
  • increased media (self-)censorship.
China only cares about Shanghai, their new pride and joy that’s been "free" from foreign rule- previous British occupation of HongKong made China lose face big time.

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