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Hong Kong Mainlander Conflict Analysis

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Effects of Hong Kong and mainlanders conflict In recent years, Hong Kong citizens had carried out numerous protests against the mainlanders, such as ‘early Hong Kong protests’, ‘anti-parallel trading’, Sheung Shui Retrocession’ and much more. All these activity not only created tensions between the relationships of the two parties, it also resulted in concerns that directly and indirectly disrupt the stability and the prosperity of Hong Kong, namely the lowering of Hong Kong’s reputation and social image, social differentiation and the weakening of Hong Kong’s financial stability. In the following paragraphs, all the concerns will be elaborated. First of all, the damaging of Hong Kong’s reputation and social image is mainly due to …show more content…

These actions are subconsciously tagged under the all the mainlanders by the local, which leads to unfair treatment towards the new immigrants from China. “About 90 per cent did not attend any activities…” (Zhao,2015). It seems that new immigrants cannot merge into the local society and were forced to be discriminated. So, this gives an unsatisfied image to mainland tourists that they would avoid going to Hong Kong unless the problem is resolved. Moreover, social differentiation is caused by different cultures and generation thoughts. For cultural aspect, Hong Kong citizens and mainlanders have a different set of backgrounds. Without prior knowledge of Hong Kong’s culture, the China tourists might not follow or unable to follow the long established rules laid out in Hong Kong, thus applying their own rule outside of their cities. With such mindset, parents not from Hong Kong allows their children to eat in trains or even urinate or defecate in public places, where such behaviour are forbidden in Hong …show more content…

For youngsters in Hong Kong they would assume themselves as “Hong Kong citizens” more of “Chinese citizens”. This could be the main reason for the weakening of the bond between Hong Kong and China. Under such situation, the promotion of the sense of national identity would create conflicts with mainlanders. This resulted in new generation being unwilling to make friends with mainlanders, which further deepens the misunderstanding between both parties. Lastly, the friction between the locals and the Chinese may affect the financial stability of Hong Kong. As news and articles of the happenings in Hong Kong were constantly being reported. The recent activities performed by Hong Kong residents has formed an unsafe and worrying environment towards non-Hong Kong residents. This inhabits foreign investors from investing in Hong Kong due to the insecurity that Hong Kong provide. With the lost of potential customers in market, various companies will lose a lot of successful deals and are forced to closed

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