Washington Post: HK the former British colony clings to its separate identity

[Alex]

Hong Kong and China: Former British colony clings to its separate identity
October 7, 2012
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-and-china-former-british-colony-clings-to-its-separate-identity/2012/10/06/7082a900-0e12-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html



...Chin Wan-kan, an academic and the author of a widely discussed book that advocates Hong Kong becoming an independent city-state, said Hong Kong has no problem embracing China in the abstract, just not the mainland in its current form, which he described as “a mixture of rotten Chinese culture plus Soviet colonialism.” Hong Kong, he said, is “definitely Chinese” but, thanks to its long exposure to the West, represents “modern Chinese culture,” rather than what he sees as a retrograde mainland variant. ...



Alex's comment:  陳雲上《華盛頓郵報》了。