It's kind of true, you can find a lot of Chinese who are born and raised in the west and either can't speak Chinese or speak it very very poorly(and have foreigner's accent)... But I think it really depends on their exposure to the language, if their family speaks Chinese to them from birth or not and their interest in Chinese culture. There's not really a need to speak Chinese in western countries so it's really a setback to learning the language. I don't use it much but thanks to Chinese TV and my parent's lack of enthusiasm for speaking English(I speak to them in English though XD) I can speak and understand enough Chinese(only Cantonese though) to get by should I get stuck in HK or somewhere. Reading and writing at a competent level is right now impossible though OTL
Since 1997 the number of mainlanders in HK is surely steadily increasing. There are still a lot of non-Chinese peoples living in HK though despite the homogeneity. I don't think I'd be too astonished by seeing Chinese everywhere I go. Chinatown is already like that lol. I also visit my relatives often in Vancouver and there's an area there so populated by Chinese it's nicknamed "little HK" lol.
Yes, I definitely agree with the self images statement. There's definitely more pride among China born and bred Chinese.
In HK I think all holidays that PRC observe HK observe. And then HK observes some extra ones that PRC doesn't. I think the reason why a lot of people return to China is to take part in the major celebrations such as lunar new year. It's definitely more fun over there. In Canada, we all work when Chinese new years is going on ;__; but then we have Christmas >.
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Since 1997 the number of mainlanders in HK is surely steadily increasing. There are still a lot of non-Chinese peoples living in HK though despite the homogeneity. I don't think I'd be too astonished by seeing Chinese everywhere I go. Chinatown is already like that lol. I also visit my relatives often in Vancouver and there's an area there so populated by Chinese it's nicknamed "little HK" lol.
Yes, I definitely agree with the self images statement. There's definitely more pride among China born and bred Chinese.
In HK I think all holidays that PRC observe HK observe. And then HK observes some extra ones that PRC doesn't. I think the reason why a lot of people return to China is to take part in the major celebrations such as lunar new year. It's definitely more fun over there. In Canada, we all work when Chinese new years is going on ;__; but then we have Christmas >.