Hello! I'm an expat from Southern Europe living in Scandinavia, where I did my master's in Public Health. I got a job offer to work for 1 year as a researcher at the University of Hong Kong (which is in the world's top 20 unis in my field), with the opportunity to make it a PhD if everything works well. The pay is fine and the topic is exactly what I would like to focus my career on so it would be a great opportunity to get some good experience, regardless of whether or not I will continue with my PhD there or elsewhere.

I have visited Hong Kong and I liked it a lot, but it seems like people have different opinions on how life actually is, especially regarding politics and the government (but I guess that is happening in a lot of places). So, strangers of Reddit, what do you think? Would anyone living there care to share some insights? Will this work experience be well-regarded by future employees?

Thanks :)