A restaurant in Hong Kong posted this on Facebook: “From now on, we will only serve Hongkongers. Only Cantonese and English are allowed when placing orders. We do not serve Mandarin speakers.”
An edited version of the post later said, “Update: Taiwanese people are allowed.”
When I was standing in front of the restaurant with my friend, both of us from mainland China, we were anxious and a bit embarrassed.
“Let’s order in Cantonese, and then we can speak Mandarin with each other,” I said, in Cantonese. She agreed.
The coronavirus outbreak, which started in mainland China and has spread to Hong Kong, has become the latest fuel in the anti-mainland sentiment in the former British colony.
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Feb 06, 2020
