yau  +  129685 Mon, 22 Aug 05 08:00 PM All of them may be fairly categorised into "Chinese", but history makes them different in terms of living standard, education, government, legal system and even slangs and eating habits. But how do outsiders see these people? yau Joined on Sat, Jun 4 2005 New Member 30

	TheresaHe  +  129850 Tue, 23 Aug 05 09:20 AM Undeniably both Hongkongese and Taiwanese are grouped into Chinese. Neither Hongkong's particularity as a SAR at present nor its colonial history can be taken as a proof of its independent sovereignty. Taiwanese, regardless of Taiwan's contemporary reigning independence, still has countless ties with mainland Chinese. Owing to differences in geographical location, regional custom and historical influence, otherness in culture is unavoidable. TheresaHe Joined on Tue, Aug 23 2005 New Member 04

	yau  +  130246 Wed, 24 Aug 05 12:13 PM Who's Chinese is always an interesting question. If I was born in Hong Kong, could we say we 're biologically, culturally Chinese, or simply politically Chinese? The answer is doubtless to nationalists, but by nature it may not be. Many of my Caucasian friends were born in Hong Kong and enjoy the legal status of being "hongkongese", but no one see them as Chinese. yau

	YuChingHua  +  150746 Sun, 23 Oct 05 05:31 AM I don't think hongkongnese is the language they speak....  I thought it was.. Cantanese that the people from Hong Kong speaks..... YuChingHua Joined on Mon, Oct 17 2005 United State New Member 09