I can assure you there are incredibly distinct foods, languages and cultures everywhere in China.
People from different provinces consider themselves "people from that particular province". I guess the difference is that they also consider themselves Chinese.
> The OP alludes that HK was kept under the yolk [sic] of British rule, and is eager to shed its shackles to return to the mainland. This is simply not the case.
People from different provinces consider themselves "people from that particular province". I guess the difference is that they also consider themselves Chinese.
> The OP alludes that HK was kept under the yolk [sic] of British rule, and is eager to shed its shackles to return to the mainland. This is simply not the case.
But they were. Governers were appointed by the Queen. Protests were brutally surpressed -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1966_riots
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