Geographically and politically it may be true but an identity is something that is hard to shake off, especially given the differences in dialect and customs. P

Geographically and politically it may be true but an identity is something that is hard to shake off, especially given the differences in dialect and customs. Portland and the US just doesn't have that difference. Many mainlanders believe that Hong Kongers are just haughty elites that think that they are higher than the mainlanders.