Hong Kong first made an appearance in Land of the Free-est https://satwcomic.com/land-of-the-free-est, guess comic by Awut, then later Humon made her own version of Hong Kong https://satwcomic.com/needy-dragon
and I liked both versions, I thought what if the Hong Kong that Awut made was Sister Hong Kong, and the one that Humon made was Brother Hong Kong since they're both "canon" comics
and I decided to draw her in an updated version with eyes open since the guess comic was made before Humon changed the Asian countries eyes
so that is why I think Hong Kong that was on 3rd place winner for Land of Free-est is Sister Hong Kong
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