A man holds a sign professing his love for Cantonese, the main language in Hong Kong at a rally to help stop Mandarin being promoted in China. Hundreds of protesters rallied in Hong Kong against China's effort to champion its national language Mandarin over Cantonese, a week after a similar campaign was staged in the neighbouring mainland city of Guangzhou.
A man holds a T-shirt saying, "The more you try to silence us, the more we will speak out" at a rally in Hong Kong against what protesters say is China's effort to champion the national language Mandarin over their local dialect Cantonese.
People attend a rally to help stop Mandarin being promoted at the expense of Cantonese, the main language used in Hong Kong. Hundreds of protesters rallied in Hong Kong against China's effort to champion its national language Mandarin over Cantonese, a week after a similar campaign was staged in the neighbouring mainland city of Guangzhou.
1 posted on
08/01/2010 4:43:56 AM PDT by
csvset
To: csvset
Go Cantonese! (Mandarin just doesn’t sound right)
To: csvset
Realistically speaking, it is in China’s long-term interest to have everybody speaking the same language.
3 posted on
08/01/2010 4:57:55 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: csvset; SunkenCiv; fieldmarshaldj
There is an attractive woman from Hong Kong I work with, maybe she should give me private lessons.
4 posted on
08/01/2010 4:58:32 AM PDT by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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