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Q: Hong Kong and Macau people dilemma
So as we know Hong Kong and Macau are part of China. So how do mainland people see Hong Kong and Macau people who are foreigners in there eyes (Brits, Filipinos, Indians, Portuguese, and other people who choose to keep the citizenship) but are actually citizens of Hong Kong or Macau?
And say this person on the street hears ahhh look foreigner and he/she points out they are actually Chinese.
I haven't heard much about people from Macau, but I have heard plenty about Hong Kong people from the Chinese perspective, and none of it positive.
Basically, from what I have been told, mainlanders see Hong Kong people as rude, money grubbing, dishonest and disrespectful to mainlanders. Whenever I hear things like this I quickly jump to one side in order to avoid the irony bus that is surely headed their way.
brisguy:
Sorry John. Was more after like the Indians, the Filipinos, Brits, Portuguese and so on who choose to keep the citizenship of either Hong Kong or Macau
Xpat.John:
I do have a few friends of American, Brit, Canadian and German descent that have become HK citizens. For the most part whenever someone calls them Gwailo (the Canonese equivalent of Laowai), they just laugh and go off on the person in fluent Cantonese. The person normally turns bright red, utters an apology and goes off on their way.
I don't think mainlanders think Hong Kong and Macau people are foreigners,but lots of mainlanders do have a bad impression of Hong Kong people.Most Hong Kong people think mainlanders are rude,impolite,loud,uncultivated,undisciplined,and most mainlanders think Hong Kong people are arrogant,impolite,snobbish.
stan118:
honkg kong citizens arent happy about the amount of mainlanders that are going to hong kong and buying property, since we know hong kong has land problems and not much property, and besides them thinking they are different from the mian landers they are scared of the changes that will happen in hong kong and that is the real issue
