“Hong Kong is not China” illustrations cause controversy online

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by 11thEarlOfMar • 11 years ago

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Series of the actual images: http://www.funbombclub.com/%E3%80%8A%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%B8...

cttet• 11 years ago

That is racism-kind of generalization. By the same style of argument and illustrations from the figures, I could say that Hongkongese are people who think they are superior in genes and insecure about the ownership of HK by PRC.

torinmr• 11 years ago

What an odd mix of totally innocuous comparisons (Hong Kong Dollar vs Renminbi), fairly justified criticisms of China's government, and nationalistic drivel.

I did at least find it amusing that the sentence the artist chose to contrast the age of Mandarin and Cantonese was "Fuck your mother."

I was confused by the picture with the phone numbers, until I realized it was a veiled reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre, which is known as the June 4th incident in China (literally, "six four incident").

ggchappell• 11 years ago

... I realized it was a veiled reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre, which is known as the June 4th incident in China (literally, "six four incident").

Ah, thanks for the explanation.

hawngyeedun• 11 years ago

While the issue itself is worth discussing, I am unsure how much attention should be put on this particular series of illustrations. They are consist of mostly nothing but mere generalizations and biased criticisms. For example, the comparison between "glass heart" versus "normal heart" is just meaningless: http://shanghaiist.com/upload/2015/07/hk-china-illustration5...

Needless to say, the author does have very strong opinions about this topic, as seen on the studio's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/localstudiohongkong

“Hong Kong is not China” illustrations cause controversy online

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