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>> obsolete language

>Huh?

This is an oversimplification, but basically Cantonese is the main language in Hong Kong and Macau and in parts of southern China (Guangdong) that border whereas other parts of China use Mandarin.

You can probably work out why someone who speaks Mandarin would call Cantonese a "dead language" in a thread about Tiananmen Square.

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Oh, I understood exactly what he was getting at. I was hoping he would use the opportunity to apologize, but hey, internet.

This has hardly been educational or enlightening. Areas that border SARs maintain Cantonese which would incredibly useful for an economic advantage with Hong Kong and Macau, and SARs are not mainland China so what is there to apologize about, the word “obsolete”? Thats supposed to be hyperbole, provocative, mission accomplished

Residents of SARs are just as discontent with the mainland as anyone else who escaped before transitions

The mainland has a national language

Oh, my bad. Sorry for chinasplaining :)

Not at all -- lots of opportunities for misunderstanding in this thread.

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