

Then they progressively built up a presence, using the non-unionized labor as an ideological base. They had infiltrators sabotaging banks with smuggled bombs. From the moment of birth, the MLC targeted HK for takeover. This pressure also led to the nihilistic Zen comedy Mo lei tau which is still popular today. Canada, the USA, and Australia received talented immigrants in the late 80s and early 90s as people fled first from the idea of CCP domination, and then from the increasing attacks of the MLC. All the HK-born Indians, Gwailo, Malays, and Vietnamese would be countryless. Stress had built up from the signing away of Hong Kong by Britain in the early 80s, especially since China would only recognize the citizenship of pure Chinese. The Ghost World became under the control of Alt Cunningham's digital consciousness that turned the remains into society made up of AI's that resided from the old Net. In 2045, as victim of the Fourth Corporate War, Hong Kong was destroyed by a plague that hit the city. While other corporations were forced to reside in other less stable foundations. Each Megacorps owned a portion of territory in the newly rebuilt city.

Corporations that stood and fought against the invaders such as WNS, Arasaka, EBM, and WorldSat were given president over those that abandoned the city. Triads rule over and hold influence over the west side of the peninsula. Much of Hong Kong was in shambles, the walled off city within the city still works to their own benefit. Hong Kong still functioned as any other city, corporations took over the city after the conflicts took place in the late 1990s with the MLC.

In 2020, Hong Kong had become a shell of what it once was.
