Surge in anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong
Surge in anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong By Juliana Liu BBC News, Hong Kong A recent advert has brought simmering tensions to the fore The full-page colour advertisement depicting a giant locust overlooking Hong Kong's skyline is a striking representation of the recent surge in anti-China feeling here. A group of Hong Kong residents raised money online to fund the advert, which was published in the popular Apple Daily newspaper. It depicted mainland visitors as locusts, amid growing tension over an influx of visitors. Fifteen years after Hong Kong rejoined China, the gulf separating citizens in the former British colony and those on the mainland appears to be widening. The two groups share a common written language and culture. But differences in the spoken dialect, politics, economic standing and even personal hygiene have ignited a series of very public disagreements. These have ranged from who gets prefer...