The Internet
I was surprised (but then again, not surprised) to find government sponsored wi-fi wherever I went in Hong Kong and also super dismayed that I do not own a smartphone to utilize the accessibility. Unlike the People's Republic of China, the Hong Kong and Macau government does not censor the Internet use of its citizens (as far I as knew).
In the general context of globalization, whole communities of people with similar interests can span across the globe and as technology makes internet communication more readily available, public spaces are shifting into a virtual space (although not entirely). Whole groups can be created sustained over the internet. As a foreign traveler who did not know how to speak Cantonese, the internet was my best friend in finding the physical local spaces in which Queer folk congregated.
In the general context of globalization, whole communities of people with similar interests can span across the globe and as technology makes internet communication more readily available, public spaces are shifting into a virtual space (although not entirely). Whole groups can be created sustained over the internet. As a foreign traveler who did not know how to speak Cantonese, the internet was my best friend in finding the physical local spaces in which Queer folk congregated.
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