As I said in my opening comments, we certainly have a keen interest in the integrity of Hong Kong's autonomous institutions under the one country, two systems formula. I know there are some stresses and strains on that. We do what we can to support that. We have 300,000 Canadian citizens living in Hong Kong. We have a very active consulate general. We are very active in Hong Kong and we certainly support that system.
At the same time, you say Hong Kong might be a tier-two city. I mentioned earlier a tier-two and one-half city that was 10 million people. There's at least one tier-two city that has a population almost as big as Canada's, 30 million. A two-tier city in China doesn't mean you're doing too badly. I think there might be two tier-one cities according to some classifications: only Shanghai and Beijing.
What I'm trying to say is that Hong Kong does face competition as to which will be the economic driver of China. Hong Kong plays a major role and I'm sure Hong Kong will continue to play a major role, but so does Shanghai. When you have a country of 1.3 billion people, there's room for more than one city to have a major role in the financing and other activities of that country. Certainly for offshore activities and other areas Hong Kong is thriving. Hong Kong does have its challenges. Canada does support the system that the Chinese agreed to, but there are strains on that, I know.