Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way

Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by yodsanklai on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:29AM (#20818423)

> I don't think my sample size is representative but I think it's a warning of how strong nationalism can be

Unfortunately, that's the kind of things you can hear anywhere in the world.

> I imagine it's much stronger in China where the government actively encourages it.

I wonder... I have a colleague of mine who grew up in a communism country. According to him, most people back then didn't really buy into government propaganda, which contrasts with modern democracies which rely on more subtle propaganda (Chomsky's "media control").

I really have no idea, it could well be that Chinese are on average less nationalist/warmonging than Americans for instance.

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Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by inimino on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:46AM (#20818501)

> on average less nationalist/warmonging than Americans

Less warmongering on average, but get them on the topic of Japan and things change. Vastly more nationalistic on average, and with a much larger population that is way more homogeneous in their politics and nationalism than you've ever seen anywhere in the US. Source: seven years in China.

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Re:Mainlanders don't all view Hong Kong the same way by mcny on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:05AM (#20818598)

I got the same anti Japan vibe talking to thirty plus years old postgraduates from China but as I expressed to them I was hopeful that the younger generation would be kinder. Doesn't look like that's happening soon enough.

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