HK Girl Talk

HK Girl Talk – by Jin Wong – is a blog of the author's randomness and her being fascinated by all the interesting cultural phenomena in Hong Kong and China.

Monthly Archives: June 2011

Why Hong Kongers Hate Being Called Chinese

71 Comments Posted by on June 29, 2011

When you ask Hong Kongers where are they from, you will get a very typical answer of “I’m from Hong Kong”. You barely hear them say “I’m a Chinese”. Even though Hong Kong has been returned to the sovereignty of China for almost 14 years, Hong Kong people still consider themselves separately from Chinese regarding [...]

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Summer Paradox: Freezing Shopping Malls in Hong Kong

19 Comments Posted by on June 25, 2011

Hong Kong is a pretty hot place with an average annual temperature of around 28 degree Celsius and a relative humidity as high as 95% during summer, the raining season. However, thanks to the coolness of the air-conditioner, the temperature inside most shopping malls is a ridiculous 17 degree Celsius, resembling a normal day in [...]

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9 Characteristics of Hong Kong Food Culture

19 Comments Posted by on June 20, 2011

Chinese people like food, Cantonese people like food even more, but Hong Kong people are the most crazy about food. They talk about food from dawn til dusk, they show pictures of food from their Facebook to food review websites, they pick food as if picking their spouse. So What’s the food culture in Hong [...]

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Confusion about Cantonese, Mandarin, Traditional and Simplified Chinese

12 Comments Posted by on June 11, 2011

I’ve been asked a lot that how do Cantonese-speakers write. Before you get to know the answer, you need to understand that there are two systems of language Hong Kong people use in their daily life – spoken language (Cantonese) and written language (Traditional Chinese). So: Hong Kong people speak in Cantonese (this is a [...]

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Why Hong Kong People Hate Speaking Mandarin to Non-Chinese Speakers?

114 Comments Posted by on June 7, 2011

I constantly see the scenes of Hong Kong people showing dislikes of non-Chinese speakers speaking to them in Mandarin (also known as Putonghua) rather than Cantonese. What Hong Kong people would do is to reply those foreigners in Cantonese, but never Mandarin. Because they think that: 1. “Hey, I can speak English, why the hell [...]

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Hong Kong Girls and Chinese Girls’ Perspectives of Love

21 Comments Posted by on June 1, 2011

I think the question of love resembles someone asking you “why there are human beings on earth”.  It’s a never-ending argument, it’s not justice, it’s very personal and ridiculous. Hong Kong, being a part of China politically, shares some similarities in terms of people’s perspectives to love while its economic independence and development have produced a [...]

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