TexasJohn. I hope some of the points in your "I don't like Hong Kong but I like China" posts were sarcastic.
I don't like Hong Kong. It is crowded, expensive,
So are Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya, Shenzhen etc. Especially Shenzhen, in the crowded stakes.
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-05/30/content_2063502.htm
But perhaps you don't like those places either so I concede it might not be relevant. Actually, on reflection, I'm sure it's not. Discard that.
and ya'll drive on the wrong side of the road
I suspect this wasn't a serious point but nonetheless... no they don't!
Do I dislike the people? Not really, unless you count the people in charge of the "country", for their draconian laws.
You do know the leader of Hong Kong is elected by people with close ties to Beijing? Also, which 'draconian' laws have ever affected you when you've been there? Okay, so you can't just smoke anywhere. Or eat on the subway. Hardly being ruled with a fist of iron. What else?
Sure, I dislike Hong Kong, as I dislike the lack of freedom I enjoy in the PRC.
Good point. Freedom of speech. Wait, no not that one. Damn. We should have a demonstration about this. Hang on, we don't have the right. I'll post something on facebook, youtube or Twitter about this outrage... nope, can't do that either. If only there were a place where I could go, visa free, and do these things...
In summary, get over yourself. This is one reason Hong Kong people are so disliked in the Mainland
They seem to like the Hong Kong doctors and midwives though, don't they? Flooding across the border to give birth, leaving pregnant Hong Kong women struggling to find a hospital bed, then swiftly heading home again once the right to a Hong Kong education and passport is secured.
Not to mention the spitting, littering, queue jumping... and of course the buying up of property that pushes mortgages and rent prices out of reach of many locals. They even went over the border and emptied the shelves of milk powder when their own supply was unsafe, all of which causes no ire whatsoever with the Hong Kong folk...
The dislike is very far from a one way street.
Anyway mate, I'm supposed to be retired but I was having a look at the forums in a moment of boredom, saw this and decided to pick up on some of your points, just because it was you really. Anyone else, I probably wouldn't have bothered! Then maybe I got a bit carried away and took it out of proportion but I've written it now so I'm not going to just delete it.
Oh, one last thing...
you are too proud of being from Hong Kong, a fascinating part of the glorious PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Should we be expecting a name change then, USAJohn?