Great post, James. We lived for four years in Singapore, another great, modern Asian city, and I can definitely relate to the overwhelming experience of such a place. Hong Kong, of course, is the ultimate, and such a paradox at the same time. All the ranges of human experience bundled into a few tiny islands. The highs, the lows and everything in between. Rich beyond measuring, and aggressively capitalist, but also part of a country whose ruling council are all communists. "One country, two systems." Pretty neat.

John Marshall