tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post3771046338232941617..comments2024-03-29T03:52:34.263-07:00Comments on China Matters: Hongkongistan! Democracy and Chauvinism in Hong Kong and XinjiangUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-57461030723752399552014-10-21T18:23:12.644-07:002014-10-21T18:23:12.644-07:00I came up with a solution to the language issue ti...I came up with a solution to the language issue titled: "Mandarin, your sentence structure is wrong" it is on my scribd. Mandarin originally had a Glottal stop so it sounded "more like English"? This means Mandarin has DEVOLVED and we have to question how more this devolution will progress. Nobody can get along with just mandarin, you have to learn several other dialects. We can learn mandarin in the context of literature, medicine, ect.tgold8888https://www.blogger.com/profile/11730006136408540682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-26818860744434143862014-10-21T18:22:50.393-07:002014-10-21T18:22:50.393-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.tgold8888https://www.blogger.com/profile/11730006136408540682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-48861189151109253582014-10-08T00:18:50.702-07:002014-10-08T00:18:50.702-07:00Xinjiang used to be called Western district, and C...Xinjiang used to be called Western district, and Chinese jurisdiction has been present, with some brief interruption since Han Dynasty. It is "new"territory as a "new"unit for ton as in Newton. The author may benefit from reading some history.wwwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995995280730718347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-52899510460421927612014-10-06T09:16:16.068-07:002014-10-06T09:16:16.068-07:00Yes. Identity problem is more basic than political...Yes. Identity problem is more basic than political. I would think identity and economic inequality are the most fundamental reasons for the frustration. Of course, there are so many China haters in HK, too. I don't know how much, but CIA definitely has a hand in spreading dirty linens of China in HK for the past 70 years. P.SAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067147821441963174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-68368768196471250302014-10-06T00:45:12.686-07:002014-10-06T00:45:12.686-07:00Very true, but there are also integrating factors....Very true, but there are also integrating factors. Think, for example, of the huge number (millions?) of Taiwanese moving to the Mainland to work and marry locals. (The "Taiwanese starlet marrying a Shanghai millionaire" is already standard tabloid fare.) And then the thousands of Mainland women moving to Taiwan. Same for HK and Singapore, no? And then the rising status of Mainland China vis-à-vis the US, Japan, and Europe. If Beijing can kickstart a viable pop-culture industry along Korean lines, the stan problems should disappear.Xinxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01378494180022099219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-27763205180797276992014-10-05T22:21:19.353-07:002014-10-05T22:21:19.353-07:00Peter, I feel that in the case of teaching minorit...Peter, I feel that in the case of teaching minorities Mandarin, it seems to be a more complexed question, because it has been well noted that one of the reason why economic development in those communities have fallen behind other poor Chinese places lies in that because their population's lack of Mandarin fluency prevented them from getting work in the coastal factories. <br /><br />AFAIK, their mother tongue is still taught in primary school in those places, which seems to be already a considerable plus to hell even other Chinese dialects (which are often prevented from being spoken in public schools).<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979317432325424660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-49855620368406105322014-10-05T19:35:20.139-07:002014-10-05T19:35:20.139-07:00Peter, May be HKers chauvinism have to do with thi...Peter, May be HKers chauvinism have to do with this, but it's a fact that HK chauvinism towards mainlanders have been there all along, even before 1997!<br />I could argue that, heck, NYers has a chauvinism towards southern-staters, but that does lead to "splittism"!.<br />Personally I don't really see on what basis they have reasons to be chauvinistic: In the US, I can think of many successful Chinese immigrants, but most of them are from Taiwan, and then the Mainland. This is only natural as the Taiwanese immigrants came first. But I am hard pressed to think of a HKer (despite having migrated here very very early on...)!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221751343692033300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-20604030373599841682014-10-05T17:27:39.553-07:002014-10-05T17:27:39.553-07:00Thank you for this. I needed a primer for the Hong...Thank you for this. I needed a primer for the Hong Kong situation and I feel I just found what I was looking for.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336065535437672212noreply@blogger.com