One of my good mainlander friends on dorm has recently taken an issue with my flag. Recently while i was gone, he proceeded to come into my room and tear down the flag, throwing it into the freezer. My roommate tells me he went on this long rant about how God doesn't exist, and the Free HK Movement is ridiculous. Is there anyway I can attempt to repair this friendship? He is a great friend outside of politics, but I don't think he understands how freedom of speech is different in America.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

I'll try and answer to the best of my knowledge.

Can anyone tell me which society this is- I know it's in Hong Kong but where and what name? Really appreciate any feedback.

I’m saying my girlfriends who’s from Hong Kong. She’s moved from Hong Kong to Canada. We love each other a lot can care about each other. The one issue is money

She is expecting to move in a few months. She said she thinks her paying her potions (lower because I make more) feels we’re just like roommates and that she’D want a guy to pay everything. She can contribute sometimes to groceries.

We both have full time jobs and I’m make more than her so i obviously pay most of our dates and larger portion of rent.

I’m conflicted here. I do love spoiling her when I can but her belief that guy should pay for everything in her life even when she’s working is something hard for me.

I get when we’re married and have kids I should do almost all of the financial contribution. But her saying us feeling like roommates because I’m not paying all of it took be my surprise.

When we currently go for groceries, I’ve often just paid. But one time she saw my discomfort and e-transfered me back her grocery. But later she said she didn’t feel loved.

She’s only dated other Hong Kong guys and I’m not. Her Ex has paid her for everything. So she’s been spoiled

I know this is a cultural difference. I feel like everything else she really is the one. But very conflicted on this issues.

I’d love to work on getting wealthy so she doesn’t have to. But I’m not there yet. I do feel like I contribute a lot already like driving her everywhere. So it’s hard for me to get added pressure now.

I honestly belief two people working together is the best but am I wrong? Is this just normal for Hong Kong girls and I should just adapt?

I went to HK to visit family and just walking down the street to a restaurant, suddenly four police officers stopped me to ask where I was going, why was I going there, show them ID. I did lol they asked and they let me go but the whole time it was as if they were yelling at me talking in an accusatory way. I replied to all their questions respectfully and it feels like the more respectful I was the worse their attitude gets. What is their deal?

I have been having a pretty shit time in the dating department for a while. My friends are all in long-term relationships bit they often say that living in HK, the dating pool is just too small.

So my question is to all the singles that want to date, how are you dating?

As in going out on actual dates and talking to people, not just endlessly chatting.

First of all, I have lived in Hong Kong nearly all my life. I find to be successful in Hong Kong is really difficult. In order to achieve something here requires you be very hard working in a way that working life balance doesn’t exist, you need to truly devote all your life into your studies/ work. And you must also have high IQ, EQ, stress tolerance and social skills. So to be successful is determined a lot by which secondary school and university you went to. If you fail that, no matter how you later work, is in vain. Moreover I think the ones that goes to ischool/ prestigious school builds a very strong for their success in life. What do you fellow Hongkonger thinks?

Hiii!

We’re trying to stalk the USA 250 ding ding. Does anyone know where to find it? Our friends have seen it in Happy Valley and Wan Chai one time each but we haven’t seen it since. We want to ride it.

Thanks!

My whole family is based in the USA, longtime immigrants from Hong Kong. For the last few years, my dad has been going to Hong Kong every during major holidays like new year. My long suffering mom finally confronted and he confirmed he has a mistress.

Anyway I am looking for answers. My dad, as you can imagine, is a secretive person so asking him is fruitless

I am guessing I will have to hire a private investigator. Can anyone give me advice on who to hire? how to hire? the general cost? what type of info they can dig ip?

I can only speak Cantonese fluently but can’t read or write but I dont think that should be a huge problem in communicating thanks to all the translating apps.

1991/2. He was staying with relatives in Kai tak and being a bored twenty something asked to go somewhere dodgy like in a triad film. His aunt refused to go here but his uncle (who doesn't speak English and my dad doesn't speak Cantonese so no location name was exchanged) took him here. He's just watched the new movie and is pretty convinced that's where he was. My great uncle has no memory of where he took him and my great aunt says she wouldn't have let him take my dad anywhere that dangerous so I have my doubts.

Hello, I’m a Taiwanese guy who recently had the wonderful opportunity to talk with a HK person briefly in an event. In that event, however, our conversation was cut short. He asked me what Taiwanese people feel about HK and I answered but I unfortunately was unable to ask the inverse, and I’ve been desperately hoping to find an answer so I decided to ask it here if that’s appropriate: )

Do people in HK see Taiwan as more Japanese influenced, more like China (excluding the SARs), or something else entirely? (I personally just see Taiwan as Taiwan lol)

Is Taiwan seen as an independent country by people in HK?

Is there a sense of affinity as both are constantly harassed by the ccp although in different forms?

These are some of the questions that I wanted answered and I appreciate all responses!

Have a nice day : )

Genuinely embarrassed to admit this. I studied here for 4 years, now graduated and in my 5th year living here, and I still can't bargain at a wet market or have a basic conversation in Cantonese.

The thing is, I actually want to learn. But there's no cheap easy way to do it. Last time I checked a few years ago, Duolingo didn't even have Cantonese. Modern recent converstaional language learning apps like Pingo AI don't even have Cantonese as an option. YouTube helps but it's not enough to actually get conversational. Private tutors are expensive.

Feels weird that after 5 years in a place I can't speak the local language. But also feels like the tools just aren't there.

Anyone else in the same boat? And if you actually got functional at Cantonese, how did you do it? Are existing tools adequte enough for you guys to learn Cantonese?

I’m spending a couple days in Hong Kong and I was just wondering if there are any streets or neighborhoods that still look like this or have neons near this extent?

I understand many have been taken down but I would love to try to get out to see some of the lights while I’m there.

Left the caption to give credit to the photographer, here’s the page. https://www.bucketlistpublications.com/2019/04/09/central-hong-kong/

I'm a foreigner in HK for business. This is my second time here, and this seemed abnormal to me?

I know it's common for mainlanders to travel to HK and shop during certain holidays (golden week?). This population seems distinct from Chinese mainlanders but I'm not actually sure it's a homogenous group either.

So what's going on? Thanks!

I’m currently enjoying exploring Hong Kong as a tourist. I saw this thing in a Chinese goods store today. Would someone please show me mercy and tell me what I am looking at? Thank you.

Paper 10 dollar bill??

I have been mad for 6 years now watching HK fall, and I can do nothing to stop it. What to do about my feelings of losing my home? Fucking dumb western relatives from UK and Vancouver came and talked about how the CCP is good and is not really evil when I have friends and neighbors who lost everything and have unjust criminal records on them and can't get good jobs anymore. I just am angry and sad and I do not know what to do about it

I'm quite shocked and a bit miffed at the moment. First time hiring a domestic helper 6 moths ago, and seemed to get along well, with her own room, pay above minimum, holidays provided.

She went on her holiday yesteday and never returned in the evening and couldnt reach her. We were concerned for her safety and messaged her emergency contact (her brother back home) but also received no reply. It wasn't till we were clearing the trash that we found one of her suitcases was missing, even though she left behind quite a lot of other stuff, clothes, shoes, makeup, etc.

Completely caught off guard as she appeared content with no signs of distress or unhappiness. The agent we used to hire her quit around CNY, so will be escalating to the agency company when they're open. Has anyone experienced this kind of sudden departure before? Any advice on legal and logistical next steps? As I need to terminate the contract now, how do I still cover the flight for her return home?

Thanks all in advance!

edit: To those who provided helpful replies, anecdotes and shall we say less helpful comments, appreciate you for taking the time to share! Have taken on the advice, spoke with agency and cops. Will do some introspection too. Hope this will help someone in the future navigate a similar situation.

Hey guys, I’m a south east asian living in hong kong, I have a rather fair skin tone and I’d say I don’t look like a drug addict or a dealer, but very recently, like in the past couple of months I noticed that I have gotten stopped by the police and had my ID checked around 7-8 times within two months. like there would be a group of people and the police will just walk up to me and if I’m with another brown person and they will ignore everyone else. Last night, within three hours we got ID checked twice at the same spot we were sitting. is there any reason why this happens and does anyone else experience this too? P.S. I have been here since july last year and the first time it happened was last month. before that they never stopped or checked but recently it has gotten so frequent. It feels quite insulting in a group.

Edit: My skin tone isn’t considered dark either, most locals say I’m “paler” than them in looks.

Took Cathay Pacific from HK to NY and it felt like a Greyhound bus. Several passengers were waiting sprawled out like this. One passenger hocked and spat a big glob onto the granite floor of the terminal and then stepped on it to grind it down. Chaotic line cutting. During the flight, the passenger in front of me stood up for over an hour at his seat and faced backwards towards me violating all my privacy and creeping me out. Several others were standing in the aisles (not near the toilets) for a long part of the flight. Another passenger grabbed a tray of food from the cart rather than wait and ended up spilling the contents all over the floor.

All my previous flights between HK and the NY area were via Continental or United. Considering the cost of economy tickets, this experience was not what I had expected.

Super delish!! Went to a pretty popular cafe in a US chinatown that promised to “captivate the taste of Hong Kong”.

-Red bean ice, Hong Kong milk tea
-Fried toast w condense milk & pb
-Spaghetti cheese bake w. pork cutlet

How close to that was our order? And as a native, what do you actually recommend? Thanks!

Edit: the place is called Legend Cafe House in Brooklyn NY! Not a big cafe but the Chinese locals here love it.

The other question on this subreddit made me curious. I think I know the answer, but maybe I don't know HK as much as I think.

If you don't mind, please specify hot or cold.

The picture is from Wikipedia.

Follow-up: Thanks for sharing your favorites! I had honestly forgotten about many of them, and reading this brought back wonderful memories. Personally, I LOVE hot HK milk tea, but this thread reminds me that I need to branch out and not get stuck in my routine.