Rachael Joyner at Florida Atlantic University, Phillip Lucas and Kendra Desrosiers at Howard University, Tracy Boyer at University of North Carolina, Michelle Chan at Pepperdine University, Chris Welch at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ben Doody at Fairfield and Chris Burcham at Tulane University contributed to this article.

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While the Hong Kong Tourism Board, which is behind the initiative, has not released other names yet, they are expected to include martial arts star Jackie Chan, Bond actress Michelle Yeoh and director Wong Kar-wai.

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