Hong Kong returned to China on July 1, 1997. Time flies and it’s been 18-years since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from United Kingdom to China. Also known as the “Handover”, Britons remembered the occasion as how Mrs Thatcher lost Hong Kong. Needless to say, Hong Kong people opposed the “transfer” of ownership.
Although it’s been 18 years, many Hong Kongers are still opposing China, never recognise Beijing as their new government, let alone accept the fact that Hong Kong is part of China. And it’s not hard to understand why. Both China and Hong Kong are just too different, from political system to currency to the way they do their business in toilets.
But how difference could they be? After all, the people of China and Hong Kong are Chinese. Heck, they were once one big happy family, until the British came and took Hong Kong away, at least temporarily, after Beijing lost the Opium War thus forced into signing the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
Unfortunately, the damage done is so severe that it will probably take many more years before Hong Kong can accept back China as their original guardian. That’s the power of Britain’s “divide and rule”. To the outsiders or foreigners who still couldn’t grasp all the fuss about Hong Kong versus China, a Hong Kong artist has put it in infographics.
Posted on its Local Studio HK Facebook, the graphics cover the major differences between Hong Kong and China – politics, habits, censorship up to social media apps. Naturally, the graphics have invited approvals as well as criticisms from their supporters and detractors. Here’re the 22 naughty infographics for your judgement.
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July 8th, 2015 by financetwitter
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