Mmm - not really - I feel perfectly safe in HK and have never had any trouble. Petty crime in S.China is something you have to be vigilant for though. Safer in SZ than HK? Ridiculous.
I don't subscribe to offing people willy nilly - you put a bullet in the wrong person after a 15 minute trial and no appeal... I dunno - I think that's wrong. you know like putting a guy whose child suffered from melamine poisoned milk in gaol because he campaigned for full investigations and such like.
And none of you have said 'Yes' to living in Russia. I'm not surprised.