IN a casual conversation last weekend, it turned out a diplomat due to retire later this year had originally intended to remain in Hong Kong and join the private sector. But now, he said, “That is clearly impossible.”

Hong Kong is changing so much that it is quickly becoming unrecognizable. Its still sizable expatriate community includes many people who came intending to stay for two or three years and ended up staying a lifetime. But with China tightening its grip over the former British colony, Hong Kong is losing much of its old attraction.

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