[5] On the other hand, Hong Kong is Germany's ninth largest trading partner in Asia.

The program allows 300 young adults to holiday in Germany or Hong Kong and to take temporary employment as needed to cover the expenses of their visit for a maximum period of 12 months.

[13][14] In addition, German and Hong Kong universities have established notable amount of partnerships for research and educational purpose.

During the mass gathering, a speaker described the police officers as the persecuted Jews in World War II.

In response, German consulate expressed through Facebook that the comparison between the Jewish victims being massacred and suppressed by the Nazi state authority and the Hong Kong police officers being sentenced for abuse of power was absolutely inappropriate.

Hong Kong Chief Executive condemned the attack as he sent a team of immigration officers to accompany the victims' relatives to Germany.

[21][22][23][24] Amber alert was issued on Germany by the Hong Kong government as a response to the incident.