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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by OstiaAntica on Sunday June 16, 2013 @09:29PM (#5890900)
Mandarin is not widely spoken in Hong Kong-- locals speak Cantonese and Mandarin was not taught in school while HK was under British rule.
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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by eru on Sunday June 16, 2013 @10:08PM (#5891011)
Yes, but lots of people speak Mandarin now, either for doing business with the PRC or because they are PRC immigrants.
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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by wavefunction on Sunday June 16, 2013 @10:16PM (#5891033)
Certainly I know this about Cantonese, but I'm just relating to you what I had read.
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