This won't change if the BJ overlords move in: Working hours and conditions on the mainland are even worse than in HK, famously so. If the office language get

This won't change if the BJ overlords move in: Working hours and conditions on the mainland are even worse than in HK, famously so. If the office language gets pushed more towards Mandarin that doesn't help locals. The uneducated don't speak Beijing'r Mandarin just like they don't speak flawless RP English. They will still get overlooked, but now the their bosses will be princelings from the north instead... Yay?