This shit’s the stuff of memes in the mainland.
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.
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.
