3 ms·
What I find most illuminating is how the current generation’s thoughts are so dramatically different than the Chinese-American’s whose parents left/escaped In
by ringaroundthetx 9y ago
What I find most illuminating is how the current generation’s thoughts are so dramatically different than the Chinese-American’s whose parents left/escaped
In the states we have alot of Cantonese speaking people with a disdain for the party and the outcome, masquarading their opinion and obsolete language as relevant and other Americans treat it as canonical
My experience with mainlanders is complacency and contentment with the expected role of government, who have no idea why some people focus on an old uprising as if nothing else happened in 30 years
Not supposed to be a popular opinion but thats what Ive observed
- kchoudhu 9y ago> obsolete language Huh?
- greggarious 9y ago>> obsolete language >Huh? This is an oversimplification, but basically Cantonese is the main language in Hong Kong and Macau and in parts of southern China (Guangdong) that border whereas other parts of China use Mandarin. You can probably work out why someone who speaks Mandarin would call Cantonese a "dead language" in a thread about Tiananmen Square.
- kchoudhu 9y agoOh, I understood exactly what he was getting at. I was hoping he would use the opportunity to apologize, but hey, internet.
- greggarious 9y agoOh, my bad. Sorry for chinasplaining :)
- kchoudhu 9y agoNot at all -- lots of opportunities for misunderstanding in this thread.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoThis has hardly been educational or enlightening. Areas that border SARs maintain Cantonese which would incredibly useful for an economic advantage with Hong Kong and Macau, and SARs are not mainland China so what is there to apologize about, the word “obsolete”? Thats supposed to be hyperbole, provocative, mission accomplished Residents of SARs are just as discontent with the mainland as anyone else who escaped before transitions The mainland has a national language