In addition, the cities are top international financial centres located in different time zones.
Financial Development Index ranks Hong Kong, USA, and UK as the first to third places of the table, accordingly.
An extended range of responses was observed in media and academia after the term was coined, such as in the Mingpao Daily.
In 2016, Lam Hang-chi, an economist, for example, suggested that Nylonkong would fade out if the financial hubs were not constantly competitive.
[7] In late 2016, Tai Kung Pao suggested that Hong Kong should not compare itself with New York and London, as the Asian financial center is politically and socially autonomous when compared to the other two, which were only cities; the passage further argues that the autonomous entity of Hong Kong requires more diversified economic development like other Four Asian Tigers economies.