If the local language is Cantonese, but the government is forcing to use Mandarin in law and other official businesses, to me it sounds the same as forcing Ukrainians to speak Russian (in the old USSR), Catalans to speak Spanish, and French Canadian to speak English. It’s soft cultural assimilation.
I don’t know much about the local language usage in HK, so i could be wrong though.
I don’t know, I didn’t read the article.
I try to make as little assumptions as I can… It could just add easily be a native that trained in the UK, but then i suppose it would have been mentioned.
Which language do you think the government should use/expect from it’s employes in HK?
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Sexpat gets angry that they have to learn the language of thr country they live in. It’s a story as old as imperialism.
Their language is Cantonese…
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If the local language is Cantonese, but the government is forcing to use Mandarin in law and other official businesses, to me it sounds the same as forcing Ukrainians to speak Russian (in the old USSR), Catalans to speak Spanish, and French Canadian to speak English. It’s soft cultural assimilation.
I don’t know much about the local language usage in HK, so i could be wrong though.
Are you under the impression that the British-trained woman being quoted is fluent in Cantonese but not Mandarin?
I don’t know, I didn’t read the article. I try to make as little assumptions as I can… It could just add easily be a native that trained in the UK, but then i suppose it would have been mentioned.
Which language do you think the government should use/expect from it’s employes in HK?
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