Rare Footage of Former China Leader Jiang Zemin Freak Out (With English Subs!)(youtu.be)

Alright so doing a little research on wikipedia, Cantonese came from and is spoken mostly in the southern part of China which includes Hong Kong, and apparently something like 95% of Hongkongers speak Cantonese. So it seems like he’s trying to mock the fact that they are outsiders compared to the native Mandarin speakers.

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volkvulture [none/use name]@hexbear.net

5 points

4 years ago

they speak Cantonese in Guangdong too

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PavelBureOfficial [he/him]@hexbear.net

5 points

4 years ago

southern part of China

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volkvulture [none/use name]@hexbear.net

11 points

4 years ago

And Guangxi, but Guangxi is very diverse. The point is that it’s not just Hong Kong’s dialect. And 10s of millions speak Cantonese in PRC too.

Jiang was mocking the reporter’s insistence on catching the President speaking out of turn. So the reporters got more than they bargained for.

Jiang Zemin is from Jiangsu, not Beijing. In Jiangsu and Shanghai and Zhejiang and parts elsewhere, they speak dialects of Wu language, not only Mandarin. Jiang demonstrates his ability to speak many different languages & dialects in this outburst.

Therefore, I’d say it has little to do with regional biases or linguistic elitism or discrimination, and more to do with antagonizing the press. Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Guangdong are some of the richest and most advanced parts of China.

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PavelBureOfficial [he/him]@hexbear.net

8 points

4 years ago

I know I’m Chinese lol, was just pointing out they indirectly mentioned Guangdong. I think there’s antagonism because a lot of mainlanders feel HKers look down on us and was looking for a gotcha.

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