Originally Posted by
adrianlondon
It does appear to route over HK airspace though, which is odd. It seems that my knowledge is out of date.
On topic, I fly to TPE once a year and quite like the transit in HKG. The lounges are nice as are the extra tier points!
HK's airspace doesn't have the same restriction. Beijing avoids interfering in HK's internal affairs in quite such an overt way.