Category Archives: Cantonese VS Mandarin
Mainland Chinese tourist humiliates Hong Kong ship attendants
A Mainland Chinese tourist humiliated a female Hong Kong ship attendant by calling her “a dog”.
Hong Kong seethes as government awarded Beijing critic $50000 for slamming local blockbuster
Beijing critic 賈選凝 Jasmine Jia Xuanning won the Arts Development Council Critic’s Prize and was awarded $50,000 HKD for a critique slamming local blockbuster, 低俗喜劇 Vulguria,
Netizens Lambasted Korean Cosmetic Brand Laneige Over Racist Treatment in Hong Kong
On Jan 13th 2013, a Facebook blogger reported that a local netizen was denied a purchase of a Christmas box set in a Laneige store because she is not a Mainland Chinese
Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Simplified Chinese Banner Provokes Anger
Yesterday, a netizen saw a Chinese University of Hong Kong’s banner which is in Simplified Chinese and tells new post graduate students where to take shuttle bus in University Station.
Speak Cantonese! Language War in Hong Kong Book Fair
Columnist Leona Wong talked about a Cantonese-Mandarin language war happened in a lecture given by movie director Pang Ho-cheung for the Hong Kong Book Fair 2012
Confession of a Former National’s Little Vanguard
A former member of National’s Little Vanguard talks about her memories of the patriotic organisation.
Hong Kong born ethnic Indian or Mainland Chinese, which one is Hongkonger?
The Indian wife of Hong Kong born TV actor Gill Mohinderpaul Singh aka Kiu Bobo is denied a HKSAR passport. Netizens are angry that the government has a bias towards Mainland Chinese and discriminates against “Remnants of British Hong Kong”
Hong Kong iTunes Store Gets Criticism for Using Mandarin Pinyin
Some people doubt if Apple assists in the invasion of Mainland Chinese culture and elimination of traditional Chinese character.
Hong Kong: A Heartless and Soulless City with No Memory
Dictionary of Politically Incorrect Hong Kong Cantonese’s special on the 15th anniversary of the Handover. The following is a collection of newspaper articles and personal essays on the awakening of Hong Kong’s soullessness.
A Hong Kong Newspaper Vendor Beaten for Failling to Speak Mandarin
According to April 14th 2012 Oriental Daily, Doesn’t speak Mandarin. The son of a newsstand owner was beaten. An assault happened in Tsim Sha Shui East. The son of a newsstand owner, who is 23 years old, was working in her mother’s newsstand yesterday morning. Two Mandarin speaking men came to the newsstand to buy […]
