I speak English better than Putonghua [China's official common
language, also known as Mandarin]. Many Chinese say that now that Hong
Kong is part of China, Hong Kong people must learn Putonghua. I
disagree. In Hong Kong we all speak Cantonese. Hong Kong already has a
bad reputation for Putonghua, but I don't feel ashamed. I'm proud to
have grown up during the transition between 1997 and SAR. Why do we
have so many problems with China? Because our language, our culture,
our values, our way of thinking are different. So we are not good at
speaking Putonghua. Even in the cinema, we see Western movies, Japanese
movies, Korean movies... but not many Chinese movies.
