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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 10:54:21 GMT 7
I was living in Hong Kong at the time of the handover and left (to move to Thailand) 364 days later, I did not want to be there for their anniversary celibration.
In the years leading up to the handover I saw the attitudes of the hong Kong Chinese change a lot towards the westerners (Gweilos) as more and more locals were looking forward toi the handover.
I saw guys that I had previously known as friends who no longer wanted to intergrate with Gweilos, I saw them mouthing off at how they couldn't wait for the 'Red Dawn', when the Chinese mainland took over and threw out the nasty Gweilos.
Before I left I noticed that their attitudes had completely changed and they were now starting to mutter 'oh lord, what have we done'.
In some ways I missed Hong Kong when I left (and still do) but mostly I was glad to get away from the bad attitudes that were re-stoked by the mainland, which were in escence based on events that occured 200 years before I set foot in Asia.
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Post by Soutpeel on Jun 23, 2017 13:28:57 GMT 7
I was living in Hong Kong at the time of the handover and left (to move to Thailand) 364 days later, I did not want to be there for their anniversary celibration. In the years leading up to the handover I saw the attitudes of the hong Kong Chinese change a lot towards the westerners (Gweilos) as more and more locals were looking forward toi the handover. I saw guys that I had previously known as friends who no longer wanted to intergrate with Gweilos, I saw them mouthing off at how they couldn't wait for the 'Red Dawn', when the Chinese mainland took over and threw out the nasty Gweilos. Before I left I noticed that their attitudes had completely changed and they were now starting to mutter 'oh lord, what have we done'. In some ways I missed Hong Kong when I left (and still do) but mostly I was glad to get away from the bad attitudes that were re-stoked by the mainland, which were in escence based on events that occured 200 years before I set foot in Asia. I was there 91, 92 and even then there where things bubbling under the surface, some of HK Chinese were very bitter towards the British, vaguely remember it having something to do with the number of full British pp they intended to hand out, i guess some people believed every HK citizen would get a full British pp |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 13:54:14 GMT 7
I was living in Hong Kong at the time of the handover and left (to move to Thailand) 364 days later, I did not want to be there for their anniversary celibration. In the years leading up to the handover I saw the attitudes of the hong Kong Chinese change a lot towards the westerners (Gweilos) as more and more locals were looking forward toi the handover. I saw guys that I had previously known as friends who no longer wanted to intergrate with Gweilos, I saw them mouthing off at how they couldn't wait for the 'Red Dawn', when the Chinese mainland took over and threw out the nasty Gweilos. Before I left I noticed that their attitudes had completely changed and they were now starting to mutter 'oh lord, what have we done'. In some ways I missed Hong Kong when I left (and still do) but mostly I was glad to get away from the bad attitudes that were re-stoked by the mainland, which were in escence based on events that occured 200 years before I set foot in Asia. I was there 91, 92 and even then there where things bubbling under the surface, some of HK Chinese were very bitter towards the British, vaguely remember it having something to do with the number of full British pp they intended to hand out, i guess some people believed every HK citizen would get a full British pp I believe that the passport the lucky ones ended up with was the BNOP (British National Oversaes Passport) instead of a full British passport. |
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