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PastelDeNata
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PastelDeNata
4y ago
> HK citizens are spoiled drama queens HK is one of my favourite cities but one thing that I do not like about HK is how its citizens of Chinese descent (not all of course) think that they are superior to people in the Mainland. They try
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PastelDeNata
4y ago
> Practically, Britain should just offer citizenship to Hong Kongers... Well, if the UK wanted to, they would have done it before 1997 but they chose to give the majority a chance to apply for a BNO passport which was literally a slap in
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
> I would be extremely curious about the ratio that is thankful to the party versus thankful that they've escaped. Escaped? Lolololol. If China is as bad as the western mainstream media or some of those anti-China YouTube channels m
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
The vast majority of students from China in western countries pay out of their own pockets, i.e. their parents saved up or their family are wealthy. Don't get confused with the CSC who mainly give scholarships (tuition, accommodation,
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
> do HKers 'identify' as 'Chinese' then, just not 'from China'? If they were born in HK and raised there, they would call themselves a HKer (香港人) from Hong Kong. It's highly unlikely they would say they
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
> And speaking as someone who has lived in China, their misconceptions of the West are comically bad as well. Not sure who you met, but a typical young person in China (aged under 40) would know more about the West than a young person in
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
> 嗯嗯, was "cute" where a man should have just said 嗯. Apparently, this is the kind of thing that will get you. Chinese people that I have talked to in Shanghai laughed at me when I said I liked using stickers (表情包)/emoji o
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
Was in Shanghai from Sept 2019 - Oct 2020. I'm of Asian descent that speaks Mandarin and has friends in China. I will share my experiences and stuff I know. For people outside of China, the figures would seem really suspect and unbelie
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PastelDeNata
5y ago
> why Japanese and Taiwan infection and severity rates remain comparatively low Wearing face masks in public places.. indoors and outdoors. Social distancing is non existent considering how crowded places can be. The same story applies t