Some say Hongkongers are this way because the colony lives on borrowed time. Professor Hsing Kuo-chiang of National Chengchi University says Hongkongers have little trust in Taiwan's safety; they are not willing to immigrate here because they don't want to have to run again.
政大國際關係研究中心邢國強教授認為，香港人普遍對台灣安全不抱太大信心，他們不願移民台灣的主要理由，是不想再「跑第二次」！