lazy dragon hong kong metaphors

some probably know that the book and film 'green snake' was a metaphor for the takeover of hong kong by mainland china in 1999

so when i came across a short story from 1985 titled 'lazy dragon' in
great masterpieces of terror and the supernatural
i was intrigued with the tale of a
4th generation chinese american born in 2010ad coming back as a ghost in 2010bc china
and serving as a refuge for a lazy dragon hiding from a rather stern and murderous
master of dragons,who sends out hit dragons to off dragons caught awol on the job.

considering the short story's publication date its either a hong kong metaphor or alludes to social tensions of 1980's
mainland china

the refugee dragon in question can size shift and in the end is still defiant as the big guy hurls
a lightening bolt to destroy him