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Many are moving to Taiwan. The process is not difficult but expensive. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-immigration-to-taiwan-surges-as-pr

Many are moving to Taiwan. The process is not difficult but expensive. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-immigration-to-taiwan-surges-as-protests-grind-on https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-immigr...

tthhuuiff 7y ago
Ironically, it’s good the Hong Kong curriculum started to teach Mandarin, as it will be needed in Taiwan.
- hanniabu 7y ago
  What do they speak in Hong Kong?
  - reissbaker 7y ago
    Cantonese
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - ClashTheBunny 7y ago
    Cantonese
  - PikachuEXE 7y ago
    Even though many would say Cantonese (Even HK people do) It's actually HK variant of Cantonese with many HK unique phases The Cantonese in Guangzhou is quite different But I guess no one call it HongKongese yet
    - avcdsuia 7y ago
      No one calls it HongKongese b/c it is not that different, you're exaggerating. Not all people in Guangzhou can speak Cantonese and those who can, even if they are native speakers, might not accent-savvy enough to tell an HKer if he/she tries to avoid some unique phases.
    - dragonsh 7y ago
      I am not sure why you have such assertion, all the people speaking Cantonese dialect whether from China (including Hong Kong and Guangdong Province), or from Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia can communicate and understand each other. There isn't any significant difference. [1] If you really want to talk about varieties of Chinese then its quite a complex topic. "Classifications of Chinese varieties in the late 19th century and early 20th century were based on impressionistic criteria. They often followed river systems, which were historically the main routes of migration and communication in southern China. The first scientific classifications, based primarily on the evolution of Middle Chinese voiced initials, were produced by Wang Li in 1936 and Li Fang-Kuei in 1937, with minor modifications by other linguists since. The conventionally accepted set of seven dialect groups first appeared in the second edition of Yuan Jiahua's dialectology handbook (1961): 1. Mandarin 2. Wu 3. Gan 4. Xiang 5. Min 6. Hakka 7. Yue The Language Atlas of China (1987) follows a classification of Li Rong, distinguishing three further groups: 8. Jin 9. Huizhou 10. Pinghua Some varieties remain unclassified, including the Danzhou dialect of northwestern Hainan, Waxiang, spoken in a small strip of land in western Hunan, and Shaozhou Tuhua, spoken in the border regions of Guangdong, Hunan, and Guangxi. " [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese
      - bfung 7y ago
        It's true that the language enunciation is very close for Cantonese speakers, but it's the phrases used that are quite different. Mainland Mandarin vs. Taiwan Mandarin for example ~ there are a ton of phrases, especially for modern things like "credit card", "take out"..., that people use different words/phrases for. This is also the same for HK Cantonese vs. Cantonese used on the mainland where there was no British influence. It's like UK english vs. US english.
    - robjan 7y ago
      HK Cantonese has a regional accent (e.g turning the "n" sound into "l") and its own slang but every language has regional accents.
tjpnz 7y ago
I could also imagine Singapore as a destination.
- dragonsh 7y ago
  Yes only for Hong Kong billionaire's. SG has surpassed Hong Kong both in human capital and progress despite rules similar to China when it comes to freedom and protests. I doubt if predominantly Cantonese population will be easily able to adjust to multi-racial society of Singapore. So probably the better place for Hong Kong people is to look to UK to grant asylum or citizenship if they care about HK.
- isanam 7y ago
  It's true that Singapore is unlikely to bend under China's pressure; however Singapore itself is an authoritarian state which has little good to say about human rights, democracy, etc., all of which we Hongkongers prize and are, at this moment, fighting for. So basically a possible candidate for certain businesses, but certainly not an ideal destination for immigration.

tthhuuiff 7y ago

Ironically, it’s good the Hong Kong curriculum started to teach Mandarin, as it will be needed in Taiwan.

hanniabu 7y ago
What do they speak in Hong Kong?
- reissbaker 7y ago
  Cantonese
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- ClashTheBunny 7y ago
  Cantonese
- PikachuEXE 7y ago
  Even though many would say Cantonese (Even HK people do) It's actually HK variant of Cantonese with many HK unique phases The Cantonese in Guangzhou is quite different But I guess no one call it HongKongese yet
  - avcdsuia 7y ago
    No one calls it HongKongese b/c it is not that different, you're exaggerating. Not all people in Guangzhou can speak Cantonese and those who can, even if they are native speakers, might not accent-savvy enough to tell an HKer if he/she tries to avoid some unique phases.
  - dragonsh 7y ago
    I am not sure why you have such assertion, all the people speaking Cantonese dialect whether from China (including Hong Kong and Guangdong Province), or from Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia can communicate and understand each other. There isn't any significant difference. [1] If you really want to talk about varieties of Chinese then its quite a complex topic. "Classifications of Chinese varieties in the late 19th century and early 20th century were based on impressionistic criteria. They often followed river systems, which were historically the main routes of migration and communication in southern China. The first scientific classifications, based primarily on the evolution of Middle Chinese voiced initials, were produced by Wang Li in 1936 and Li Fang-Kuei in 1937, with minor modifications by other linguists since. The conventionally accepted set of seven dialect groups first appeared in the second edition of Yuan Jiahua's dialectology handbook (1961): 1. Mandarin 2. Wu 3. Gan 4. Xiang 5. Min 6. Hakka 7. Yue The Language Atlas of China (1987) follows a classification of Li Rong, distinguishing three further groups: 8. Jin 9. Huizhou 10. Pinghua Some varieties remain unclassified, including the Danzhou dialect of northwestern Hainan, Waxiang, spoken in a small strip of land in western Hunan, and Shaozhou Tuhua, spoken in the border regions of Guangdong, Hunan, and Guangxi. " [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese
    - bfung 7y ago
      It's true that the language enunciation is very close for Cantonese speakers, but it's the phrases used that are quite different. Mainland Mandarin vs. Taiwan Mandarin for example ~ there are a ton of phrases, especially for modern things like "credit card", "take out"..., that people use different words/phrases for. This is also the same for HK Cantonese vs. Cantonese used on the mainland where there was no British influence. It's like UK english vs. US english.
  - robjan 7y ago
    HK Cantonese has a regional accent (e.g turning the "n" sound into "l") and its own slang but every language has regional accents.

tjpnz 7y ago

I could also imagine Singapore as a destination.

dragonsh 7y ago
Yes only for Hong Kong billionaire's. SG has surpassed Hong Kong both in human capital and progress despite rules similar to China when it comes to freedom and protests. I doubt if predominantly Cantonese population will be easily able to adjust to multi-racial society of Singapore. So probably the better place for Hong Kong people is to look to UK to grant asylum or citizenship if they care about HK.
isanam 7y ago
It's true that Singapore is unlikely to bend under China's pressure; however Singapore itself is an authoritarian state which has little good to say about human rights, democracy, etc., all of which we Hongkongers prize and are, at this moment, fighting for. So basically a possible candidate for certain businesses, but certainly not an ideal destination for immigration.