Indians born and bred in Hong Kong explain why the city will always be home
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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Kawaljot Kaur and Yusuf Mohideen proudly consider the city to be home, describing themselves as “Indian-Hongkongers”. Immersed in the city’s culture and food, they have long made an effort to mingle with the local community in hopes of breaking down social divisions.
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It is always blowing my mind when finding a South Asian who speaks Cantonese like any local Hong Konger while still be able to speak English without any trace of the Cantonese 'accent'.
I think it is because of the upbringing 💪🏻
And maybe genetic that's translated to her tongue. Maybe 🤣
it's bc of their parents and friends
because being open-minded as they live through experience to other cultures makes these types of people to be fluent without an accent. I've seen and heard many of those who are multi-language before. From speaking japanese, korean, chinese, india, spanish to english , etc smoothly without an accent. Their mind switching from one language to another is fast and crazy!
@@crzer07 few days back you were from china😂😂
As a Hong Kong local, I just hope that the problem of discrimination will be gone, and education/mutual understanding definitely plays an important role
It's complicated, hongkongers are very elitist 😅 Discriminate everyone that is not local
Well put.
It's true only the West have racism?
Here are some responses.
And I quote
Jordan: Are Han and Uighur people segregated or do they live together in harmony? China does have ethnic tensions. How would you feel if your sister or daughter married a black man from Africa or a Pakistani man. Would everyone be happy about that?.
Grace D: @ Jordan there is no such thing as segregation in China. That is such a US racial discriminating invention and concept. All people in China are free to live and work anywhere they want and people get married with anyone they want. My family is from inner Mongolia. We live in Beijing. My dad is Mongolian my mom is Han. I am Mongolian my hubby is Han. This is such a natural thing it doesn't even come into any conversations.
Stalin Steel: @Jordan Uyghurs have it pretty fine in China unless you're trying to promote sepratism or radical Jihad. Better than how America treats Muslims overseas and locks up Hispanic refugees.
The Chinese don't play games on identity politics and they emphasize very much on unity between their 56 ethnic groups, and if you feel and regard yourself as a Chinese, you ARE a Chinese.
-F Liu
f1111v: Wow, another great work! As being a chinese mainlander, i lived in several countries around the world (after college), i never knew that the race prob is so severer in the west, and even i knew a little abt the prob between black and white, i just can't feel them, cuz there's no such thing in china, even with 56 ethic groups living here. As a Han, for sure i know that i belong to the main ethic group of china, but i never thought that i'm superior or u know... higher than any of the ethnic minorities. anyway thank u Daniel for this in-depth talk, i learnt a lot from u. i hope to see u at TAPS someday.
only when South Asians are not racists themselves, not expecting hongkongers bow down to them.
@@condorX2 japan has racism too wym etc.
You guys know that such a discrimination exist everywhere? From US to Japan. Globally speaking, we need to endure and seize any opportunity to stem down this issue, hopefully 🥰
I’m born in Australia, my background is Cantonese (Guangzhou, China). White people/people from other backgrounds call me Chinese. Chinese people from China called me Aussie. And my former rude boss who was from Hong Kong always said to me “you mainlanders this and that…”
Discrimination 3 ways.
That's ironic because the Hong Kongers are mostly immigrants from Guangzhou or other provinces of China and probably not more than 3-4 generations ago. Hong Kong is such a small outcrop if you look at the map of the Canton region.
@@s._3560 that’s very true. And I don’t even speak mandarin.
Sad but true!
but all are facts right？
@@indiasuperclean6969 LOL ! Nothing like a dip in the Granges ! Hahahahaaaa ! Eat some delicious street food and get Dehli Belly ! Tremendous !
I applaud SCMP for giving voice to people from different backgrounds in HK. Hope to see more contents like this.
SCMP is Chinese CCP controlled media dude. 😂
Chinese propogenda
@Dragon Force It is not lol, they always praise China. 🤣
@@An_ony_mous So your anger is your CCP bogeyman giving ethnic minorities a voice in Hong Kong?
immigrate back home to india - myanmar, hongkong, thailand ... are not going to become india - british had gone home to britain - u indan no shame
This is very nice. I am a local Hong Konger and I love Indians and Indian culture. Hope ppl of different ethnic backgrounds can live together with equal opportunities.
That’s absurd. Hong kongers are practically racists towards mainlanders. Years back when I visited hk, hongkongers hated mainlanders and always tell them to go back and the funny part then mainlanders spent so much money in hk. The East Indians for most part been in hk for generations and they’re hongkongers just like you and you have the guts to tell them go back to India for just telling how racist some hongkongers are? You’re a racist for sure. As an overseas Chinese I’m ashamed for you.
@@buddha199115 If you are talking about @Dragon Force, he is not Chinese. He is a bigoted Northeast Indian.
Edit-Don't feel ashamed. Be proud that you don't subscribe to a worldview where people are seen through a racial lens and not their character.
@@indiasuperclean6969 Lol Hold your horses, dude 🤣🤣🤣
@Dragon Force lol find some credibility, you bigot before telling people to find creative arguments 😆😆
So you will not support china for ending democracy in Hong Kong
FYI..Here in India.. North East Indians are discrimimated because we don't look Indian enough... Called us as "Chinese" Or "Nepalese"... So i guess discrimination exits everywhere... Sad but true
@Tyt Xlx in India, it is.
I love the vibrant Indian Hong Kongers community. The food, culture and the way of dressing this makes HK unique.
@梁科論
Abe sala tu Taiwanese hai
@Dragon Force typical mainland Chinese attitude.
@Dragon Force some months ago your motto was stop Asian hate crime in West now when you are talking about mainland issues you are supporting Western ideology of racial discrimination
@Dragon Force Most of the people of Indian descent that are living in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 migrated there when it was still part of Great Britain 🇬🇧. That’s why they went there. Historically, they were always the largest minority group in Hong Kong 🇭🇰. Those are facts that were omitted in this video.
@Dragon Force How do you know he’s from India 🇮🇳? And why are you calling him Kumar?
It's fascinating how the HK-born and raised Indians speak such flawless and colloquial English whereas most local HKers struggle a bit with English
because indians speak english at home
It is the environment. Second generation Chinese living in the states speaks fluent English but most carry accent when speaking Chinese dialects. English is the second language for Hong Kongers of Chinese descend, so unless a person devote great effort, it should be within expectation that they may be capable reader and even writers, but not so proficient in listening and conversing.
Because most of these kids go to international school compared to local Chinese students who attend Chinese schools.
that's because their parents spoke english, duh
@@crzer07 You are not a chinese . You are just a anti-china Japanese 🙄
im srilankan, born in hong kong but not raised. just want to say how beautiful hong kong is with distinct culture and lifestyle. i wish i was raised there for a few years atleast, but someday ill make a visit again. the people there are so kind
"Raised" is better. The word "bred" is used for animals.
That's Chinese English 😁
“Born and bred” is a British expression used in all anglophone countries..there was even a popular British show by that name
that's just an expression, it's not a big deal
@@crzer07 🙄 I am an Indian 😓
@@cafedelalune It's a big deal when chinese govt media caption it.
Her Cantonese is spot on. 👍🏻
I was born in Hong Kong in 1960. My family moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and I still live there. I have experienced a lot of racism in my life. I sincerely hope my Hong Kong brothers and sisters treat everybody with respect, especially our brothers and sisters of color!
LOL - that won't happen until such "discriminated" people of color start actually treating Asians better. Otherwise I have zero reason to be nice to them
Indian doesn't even Chinese i don't know why she is here.
@@nessie1668 So you walk down a street see a white and start barking insults at them or what? Your comment is misleading.
@saroj satyal No, HK had it's own governor when it is growing. East trading company is gone by then. That's like saying Germany and Japan is the same because US govern them. Make no sense
@saroj satyal What does British passport has to do with inidan in hk stinking up the place
I loved my stay in Chungking and to be honest Indians are more approachable than any locals there.
Honk On is racist AF.
The worst are the Anglo-Saxons, they think they are still the Masters of Hong Kong, and the other Westerners riding on their bandwagon.
We are Singapore, we have many Indians, from many provinces born in Singapore, we are racial harmony. We have little India, we frequent there.
Your English is so bad I want to puke.
Singapore does it better than Malaysia the government is to religiously controlled
@@ttbrown9700 I think you're very sick, you are using Singlish instead. What's wrong with the English? You may do the correction.
@@768jefiline7 if you think that’s English, then it’s clear you have brain damage, pathetic af
@@ttbrown9700 oh buzz off.
loved this piece- have left Hkg 23 years ago but still miss it terribly
Thank you for this insight into the Hong Kong cultural society.
As an overseas Chinese, I'm sure this profilisation and discrimination happens in all countries around the world. But I did enjoy this video and those interviewed.
And....
It’s REAL!
Yes, but they're denied citizenship even after living there for generations. This is unacceptable the same way the Chinese were denied citizenship in the U.S and Australia.
@69 Any laws must be just, robust and accountable. You cannot think its acceptable for what the U.S did. Between 1790 to 1866 U.S nationality was limited to free white people in reality only men.
And even as recently 2010. In the Dominican Republic stripped 21000 people of Haitian descent of their citizenship overnight. This is ethnic cleansing. Rendering up to four generations of people stateless.
@Dragon Force Now flip it
They can go back to 🇨🇳, can't they? Why don't they? Why is returning to China never on the minds of Chinese living in other countries? Stop complaining. Chinese living in Western countries are much better off than they would be living in China. That's why they prefer stay in the Western countries and not go back to live in China. Makes sense?
Thanks for sharing. Would love to join the "tour" when in HK. I still remember my very first encounter of a Punjabi gentleman in HK when I was young.
I love the initiative to go on tours to educate your friends who may not be aware of the culture. Well done Kawal! Always an inspiration
calling for a total expulsion of indians asap !
A shout out to SCMP for showing a minority voices which outside world not even aware .
@Dragon Force ...because we're not all racists and are interested in learning about different cultures and ethnic groups. Maybe if your heart wasn't cold, you wouldn't be so bitter and hateful. I've seen so many of your comments all over this video. Something must have happened for you to be this upset. I hope you get better soon.
@Dragon Force Because they are very much part of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 you pathetic, racist, lowlife loser.
@holly wood Would you dare say that to American, Canadian or Australian born ethnically Chinese people? Or ethnically Chinese in Taiwan (remember in Taiwan Aboriginals are called 原住民 for a reason). By your logic all the ethnically Chinese origin people in Taiwan should leave...
Being an overseas Chinese, the key to be accepted is to adapt the locals way of life and speak their language. If you speak English in Hong Kong, its like declaring I am not one of you....same applies if I insist to speak Chinese in Sydney. I have many Chinese speaking Indian friends in Hong Kong, no one ever complain about an identity problem because there isn't.
Well put.
It's true only the West have racism?
Here are some responses.
And I quote
Jordan: Are Han and Uighur people segregated or do they live together in harmony? China does have ethnic tensions. How would you feel if your sister or daughter married a black man from Africa or a Pakistani man. Would everyone be happy about that?.
Grace D: @ Jordan there is no such thing as segregation in China. That is such a US racial discriminating invention and concept. All people in China are free to live and work anywhere they want and people get married with anyone they want. My family is from inner Mongolia. We live in Beijing. My dad is Mongolian my mom is Han. I am Mongolian my hubby is Han. This is such a natural thing it doesn't even come into any conversations.
Stalin Steel: @Jordan Uyghurs have it pretty fine in China unless you're trying to promote sepratism or radical Jihad. Better than how America treats Muslims overseas and locks up Hispanic refugees.
The Chinese don't play games on identity politics and they emphasize very much on unity between their 56 ethnic groups, and if you feel and regard yourself as a Chinese, you ARE a Chinese.
-F Liu
f1111v: Wow, another great work! As being a chinese mainlander, i lived in several countries around the world (after college), i never knew that the race prob is so severer in the west, and even i knew a little abt the prob between black and white, i just can't feel them, cuz there's no such thing in china, even with 56 ethic groups living here. As a Han, for sure i know that i belong to the main ethic group of china, but i never thought that i'm superior or u know... higher than any of the ethnic minorities. anyway thank u Daniel for this in-depth talk, i learnt a lot from u. i hope to see u at TAPS someday.
🤔
@@condorX2 to answer that no the west isn’t the only place that has racism
But in HK local people don't speak Chinese they speak Cantonese...
@MrRedsjack they can speak Chinese, most intellectuals, professionals, artists, superstars all can speak chinese
@@leminion3097 there are multiples dialects of Chinese the main ones are Cantonese and mandarin
Been to Hong Kong in 2019 before the protests began. Amazing city, especially, LKF, Hennessey Road, Kowloon, and Victoria Peak. I consider this the most picturesque city in the APAC region. People were very respectful towards me while I was there. Love from 🇮🇳
Two 50 CENT WUMAO trolls are here. More incoming alerts 💨🇨🇳
@Dragon Force I am your father Xi jinping. I am slumdog then what does that make you ? Slumb..ch.
@Dragon ForceMy father as well i the supreme leader of PRC was banging the mothers of my beloved 50 cent WUMAOs like you, my beloved son. We Chinese are the master race, we dislike race mixing. 💨 🇨🇳
@Dragon Force By the way my son, get that capslock key fixed. It looks brocken. All hail me my sons 💨🇨🇳
@Dragon Force Sure take all Chinese back from India and South East Asia
There's are no country that didnt discriminate against minority. But it do help when you have friends of local majority people and able to communicate in local dialect.
this is great video
In Ipoh Malaysia, everyone speaks Cantonese including the Indians. Punjabis from Ipoh can speak fluent Canto. In Malaysia and Singapore we speak all sorts so it doesn’t matter. If the Chinese sit down together and speak their mother tongues (Canto, Hokkien, Hainan, Foochow, Hakka, Teochew etc) which it’s mutually unintelligible they won’t be able to interact hence we speak in English personally and professionally. Sorry to say but Chinese from Mainland and HK make it compulsory to speak their language in a corporate meeting but we from SEA English-Chinese background never agreed to it in corporate settings. SEA communities are plural multiculturalism.
Several years ago I was in Penang, I found many Chinese speaking Taishan hwa.
Exactly, Malaysia and Singapore are very different to Hong Kong and idk why people always compare Hong Kong to Malaysia and Singapore. Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore is natural and the Chinese, Malays and Indians have been mixing with each other for centuries so that's why people speak each other's languages and the different cuisines have mixed together and peoplemcleebrate each ither's festivals through open houses and family/friends gathering among other things. Hong Kong is nothing like Malaysia or Singapore because even though there are multicultural minorities in Hong Kong like the Indians, Pakistanis and Nepalese who have lived there since colonial times, nobody thinks of Hong Kong as multicultural because at the most basic level, Hong Kong culture is synonymous with Han Chinese culture. Neighbouring Macau is in essence more multicultural than Hong Kong despite having a smaller population and that's because Macau's culture always recognised and developed from its multicultural history. Hong Kong always propagated Han Chinese culture from everything ranging from cuisine to language to politics. I'm sure nobody even knows that the native people of Hong Kong are a small nomadic group of people known as the Tanka, who are not Han Chinese.
@@user-jt3dw6vv4x In the next 25 years, 🇭🇰 will fully merge with 🇨🇳 and thus 🇭🇰 will no longer be compared with 🇸🇬. 🇭🇰 got its multicultural image during 🇬🇧 times when they brought migrants from their other colonies for settlement and supported migration till the lease of 🇭🇰 existed. Now 🇭🇰 is different and some 🇭🇰 born people (like Anshuman Rath) have returned back to their parents homeland. During 2019 many native 🇭🇰 people relocated to 🇬🇧🇸🇬🇼🇸 and other countries because they didn't wanna live under 🇨🇳 rule. In future 🇭🇰 will become more like 🇨🇳 and the 2047 integration would be smooth.
This was awesome. I will definitely take this tour next time I go back to Hong Kong!
Very blessed channel
Indians living abroad should firstly ask dalits and other lower caste people in their own home country about discriminations and humiliations they experienced daily before complaining about racism and discrimination in other countries.
Two wrongs don't make a right
Congratulations to Hong Kong diversity & prosperity... 🙏 🇨🇳. 🇮🇳. 🇨🇳. 🇮🇳. 🇨🇳. 🇮🇳. 🙏 ... respect from Thailand...
:)
Thai’s not Thai flag you fake
She speaks flawless Cantonese!
because she’s from Hong Kong…
She from hk
timestamps?
@Dragon Force heh..
Love HK. Met a girl in university in Canada that was Indian from HK who spoke fluent Cantonese.
Thank you! You girls and guys are awesome! I grew up in Hong Kong, and there are prejudice against different Chinese groups, so I can imagine how non-Chinese ethnic groups get discriminated against. What you are doing is so great! Legislation helps, but in the end you can only get people to change their behavior through exposure and education. Super impressed.
Agree with you absolutely
Hong Kong, they are Hongkongers mixed with East Asian boat dwellers and southern Chinese, like half Chinese. They speak HK Cantonese that’s a different language with chinese and got their sea culture and some of Chinese culture, Not really in a same group with Chinese, normally people call them Chinese because they are a tiny group and closed to China.
It’s so sad, the people still not used to call this tiny island people to Hongkonger, the HKers don’t accept China and the identity of Chinese, and in the truth some of their ancestors are boat dwellers
If the Chinese Identity is still working so common in Hk, another races are more difficult to be HKer. It’s because the concept of HKer would be like Londoner, but not like Canadian.
China also happy to do them with nationalism to call Hongkongers to be Chinese. And them all the races in Hong Kong would be foreigner forever and not allowed to share with same values with this society
A superb place. I used to travel from Tokyo 4 times a year. The vibe in HK is magic. From parks and gardens to old forgotten buildings, back streets and tall skyscapers. Trips to the islands for long walks and the mix of cultures. Just think the British could have done a lot lot lot lot to be fair. Im from the UK so ashamed of.....
Why are you ashamed?? You didn't personally capture HK nor do you support such notions. Stop being apologetic if you haven't done anything wrong.
@Dragon Force Yes but Hong Kong would be a lucky one because in later days the governor was a better man. Around the 70s to 90s after governor Murray MacLehose
@Dragon Force If it wasn’t for the British there would be no Hong Kong 🇭🇰 or Singapore 🇸🇬 you racist, pathetic, lowlife loser.
@@1525boy
If it wasn't there for British there won't be any india.
@@overlordborn6131 If it wasn’t for the British there would be no China.
There are discrimination everywhere, its not acceptable but it's inevitable. because if you act, look, sound different they always treat you like an outsider.
i disagree that it's inevitable. No child is born with discrimination. It's the teaching of the parents/family, under the roof, inside of the house.
@@agps4418 Agreed
@@agps4418 Maybe in the future, but even today there are many bad parents and and many children listening to them.
The only way that racism is eliminated completely is that one race only remains in some sort of great war. Then they are gonna find ways to complain and fight one another. Tribalism at its finest
@@fizkallnyeilsem every racism is started with one view that they are better than others in some way. That's the seed of evil
Great content!
Ahhh, I remember Chungking building. Wonder if it is still there or rebuilt?
I also remember taken by my friend to an apartment to eat curry dinner on my first day in HK, coming from Malaysia. Then, it was straight to an island off HK island in the cold of February 1998.
It's still there.
I want to go there so bad, and now after this video I specifically want to go to that indian restaurant. Indian food is truly a gift from the Gods!🥰 Sad to hear of the issues the locals face though. Wish them all the best.
The Chinese and the people from Nagaland, Mizoram, and other North Eastern States of India also faces discrimination in India. You don't realize it until you face it yourself.
Okay curry, now you can change back to your real name like Paj33t or Kumar.
Yusuf seems like a pretty cool guy. I wish I was friends with him
ALEX BAHAHAHHAHAH
@@yusufmohideen592 hey bro , 😃 is that really you
This is a great story.
Don’t be surprised, northeastern people in India are discriminated by “regular” Indians
Human Rights org are selective on what issues to bring the spot light. India being a poor country, zero threat to US hegemony, so no problem for India. The bullying, discrimination and mocking can continue
Don't be surprised. Regular Indians are discriminated against by "northeast" Indians.
@@Roonlovesfish3874 What a joke 😂
@@imexhausted4906 Keep laughing with your eyes closed 🤣🤣🤣
@@Roonlovesfish3874 Thanks , From where you are ?
I've also experienced having my ID checked in Hong Kong
1. Airport Immigration departure, they were searching for my entry date. I was with a group of white people and only my ID was checked
2. Random ID check by police in Hong Kong Island near Central
3. Chunking Mansion. I avoid food there. As a tourist, I prefer local HK Cantonese food.
4. I once happened to be in HK during Diwali and the temple was nice to visit. A bit of India away from India.
@Dragon Force relax. I was visiting on business. No way would I want to move to HK
Speaking of moving, one may want to ask why Chinese are moving everywhere and want to make everywhere China?
Why are Chinese not hiring local workers instead of bringing workers from China?
Relax...
@Dragon Force they are just saying how they feel or are treated.
How much does it cost to be nice to someone? Smile doesn't cost much. You have to stop thinking of everything as money and be nice for sake of being nice to others.
Don't treat others as
- customers you can profit from
@Dragon Force Chinatowns all over the world. Like California, New York and elsewhere in USA. Toronto, Vancouver in Canada. + May want to check the world over.
@Dragon Force FYI, your 'Northeast Indians who you don't consider Indians' also travel across the globe and face similar problems. But I guess then your narrative changes cuz you know...being a bigot is your identity. 🤷♀️
You are as primitive as you can be.
@@randomlifts Don't waste your time reasoning with hate mongers.
I'm a person born and raised in Hong Kong biologically, originally. I haven't heard so well for Indian people who live here in Hong Kong but it is just a really nice story. The culture is very beautiful 😊
(I used GTranslate to say. I hope it was understandable.)
Yes, you were 🙂
Not even a bit.
People who are saying that “discrimination happens everywhere “ I do not understand why there’s an urge to comment this? It’s true and everyone knows that it happens in many countries but that shouldn’t make us put a stop on spreading awareness and most importantly we should all learn about different cultures and religions instead of stereotyping people. Also, if you ain’t educated enough to speak about certain people, it’s better to just shut your mouth and respect them. The guy in the video mentioning that they get stared at it’s very true I have seen a lot of non local friends getting stared by every passerby and it’s as annoying as a creep staring at you. I hope people can form a sense of acceptance and open their mind and heart a bit.
Concurred. Trying to push the problem of prejudice and discrimination under the rug no matter how subtle, by reasoning that it happens everywhere is nothing short of ridiculousness.
Plus you have hatemongers galore.
@Dragon Force This shows you are an anti-Indian I don’t get what you are trying to convey by saying this neither I have any time to spend to change your ridiculous mindset. How do people discriminate against themselves can you please elaborate? Do you discriminate against yourself?
@Dragon Force absolutely not but that doesn’t give us any right to discriminate against Indians. Do we have to treat people wrongly if our race is treated this way by other people.
Foreigners born in India have the same problems with local Indians discriminating. Its the same everywhere
If someone is born in India, then they are Indians and not foreigners.
Really ? 😂 a white giving india lessons on discriminating .
If you know the past and little bit about hinduism I don't think you will feel problem.
One day sometime in the future hopefully we all see each other just as humans.
I know the feeling of being treated as perpetual foreigner while you are native born. HK police’s racial and skin color profiling practice is a common knowledge. It is not right. Proud of the Indian and South Asian standing up for themselves.
Do you think Indian born Chinese will be treated equally? It's the same all over the world
It is ridiculous that the America/Australia/Canada/New Zealand occupying Anglo Saxons regard themselves as masters discriminating the land owners, the Anglo Saxons never learn/speak the indigenous people's languages to live like Americans/Australians/Canadians/New Zealanders.
yes but if you see chinese or north east indian ppl in india, they're treated like indians in hong kong. it'll happen everywhere unfortunately
LOL whatever you say. "People of color" are a 1000x's more racst than Asians. You people delusionally believe you're the "perpetual victims" and refuse to hear the voices of the other side. Wow, just Wow.
@@crzer07 How do Chinese and Chinese Honkong governments discriminate locally born Hongkong Indians? Ban them from education and working equally in Hongkong? Why they claim to be Hongkongers but speak English not to learn/speak Chinese/Cantonese? They do not want to live like Hongkongers should pack up leaving Hongkong for Britain or India.
As a Chinese person I am happy when seeing people from a different race because it makes me happy that place is where people from their family have decided to stay and seeing all the shops from different places and having such diverse cultures here makes me happy. Me not knowing how to properly speak Chinese or Cantonese and seeing these people who’s family doesn’t originate from China makes me very impressed in their talent. Me who has been in British schools in Hong Kong my whole life is very surprised when hearing that some people are treated badly because in my school everyone is equal no matter the race, culture or religion someone has
Our ESF schools are just something else entirely. I still can't believe the whole world operates on a different frequency. No other community like it sense. True interdependent individualism, analytical minds with a cooperative spirit - people were people and they were reasonable. In the home countries where those ideas are born, that spirit is barely exercised there...
@@marthas9255 Ur also in an ESF school? Which one? I’m in KGV
@@jaceboigamez2220 I was SIS
Very educational. Hong Kong is more diverse than I thought.
If you feel discrimination, might to consider to visit Singapore or Malaysia. Both countries have indian. Festivals like Diwali, thaipusam, Punjabi celebration are still being celebrated.
Not just visit. Move there please
@@Janovial Move from where?
yep. malaysia is a muslim country but highly values other races and religions. theres public holidays for religious celebrations for all 3 main religions in the country.
Yes, indeed. Even other races will join ur festivals as if it's theirs as well. All the fun & joy of sharing different cultures r always interesting to me as being able to not only have fun, but to know more about their cultures is a very nice thing~ They open your eyes in bigger perspectives.
Meanwhile India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka have no Chinese people because they massacred them.
Which country is more discriminative?
even here in india many indians are facing these kind of issue for ages indians got treated differently in their own country ...it happens in every country and harsh reality 🙄
Why complain about Hong Kong, while Chinese are discriminated and violently treated around the world especially in India.
Yes agreed.
because of covid i think.
what chinese live in india?
Chinese in India? No thanks lol
@@kushal4956 yes u don't know
Indians in HK are not Hongkongers, if you're not Chinese then you're not a Hongkonger.
Super interesting 👌
I used to envy Indian expats cause of the perceived lifestyle they were enjoying in foreign countries but videos like this make me realise how fortunate I’m to be living in my own country
I would love WION to do a report on how Chinese are treated in India. Haha, who am I kidding. That's the Fox news of India
WIONjust can't have it's eye off China
There r chinese in india? Probably to invest vs Indians coming to hk to peddle.
Sadly those Chinese who were citizens in India during the 1962, they lost homes, properties and possessions, everything got taken away.
Those Chinese who lived and remain alive... Their next generation is living in extremely sad condition in India.
Comparing to that Chinese are much more kind.
But these are same everywhere, conflict will always be there between different groups and within same group
@ʀɪɴᴢʟᴇʀ still lot better than west
right, not just chinese, also north east indians and other EA people
6:33 everyone says hong is a fast paced lifestyle, its actually not surprising because hong kong is a city, generally cities are fast paced than town areas or suburbs
Very cool. I’m in Canada but I met an Indian person from Hong Kong last year. I had no clue there were Indians in china!! I guess I was feeling kind of ignorant. Nice blend of cultures & identity
She calls Chinese people ‘local’ and yet wants to be seen as a local herself?
Maybe she picked up that terminology from the "locals", who call people who look different "non-local". The alternative would be "Brown" and "Yellow" Hongkongers.
@@user-4m9-dr80h4 perhaps ‘Hong Kong Chinese’ is more fitting than local then. It’s how I refer to people just as I refer to Indian HKers as such etc.
@@jamesmarlow3470 : Why doesn't she call them Cantonese?...
Being brought up in South East Asian, we were learn to how to adapt multicultrually and tolerate different races and religions... and talking about that , and when the video shows Naan, Dhal, ... I start salivating and thinking I am planning to head to Chungking mansion.
You like Indian food? Also, you are Vietnamese, I take it?
@@rurazar1686 Not Vietnamese
singaporean?
@@share_accidental Nope
Saw this video when it first came out, it’s been sometime now, has the experiences of South Asian Hongkongers changed any?
I think many Hong Kongers respect other ethnicities as Hong Kongers when they can speak fluent Cantonese.
Thanks for this video. I think one of the places in Asia that is multicultural is Singapore. There u can see Chinese, Malays, Indians, Europeans, Eurasians (people of mixed races) etc all living in peace. I was borned in Singapore & grew up there. My friends were people of different ethnic groups, from the time I started school to my adult years. Most important is respect for the other person (regardless of their ethnicity). I know many people who are not Chinese but were borned in HK & grew up there. Most of these Hongkongers speak fluent Cantonese. This is great. I suggest that people if ethnic groups other than Chinese, stand for election in the HK Legislative Council. In this way, people of other ethnic groups can have a voice in the government. Most important is to live in peace & love and respect each other.
i’m from singapore too ❤
same like malaysia :D
@@1rizzzz Nah. Singapore doesn't have dumb Bumi or Islamic related laws that segregate people.
@@Blaze6432 k
Born in Hong Kong and they speak perfectly fluent Americanized English? They also speak Cantonese perfectly as well. Does anyone know if most young Hong Kongers can speak English to this extent?
most of the young ethnic minorities raised in hk are usually very fluent in English and some have American/ british/Chinese accents,the Chinese people in hong Kong are not very fluent but I do know that they know at least some basic English and most of them that I had met have accents a lot of accents
they probably went to international schools
In fact, a whole bunch of TVB actresses speak fluent English, in "American" fashion 😏
Who?
That's your job to go figure
@@totallynotlevi4722 NO NO NO, You can watch HK TVB news, and your try very hard to understand their British/English, the teenagers rioters, criminals
@@richttycoon I'm sorry to inform that the teenagers who can speak in British/American English is me and I don't have to watch TVB to figure out cuz I already know why people like me speaks like that
these young ladies speak more than 3 languages! amazing!
Excellent
Nice...its beautiful to see cultural exchange in a positive way
@Dragon Force so annoying too. How much time did you take to make the letters bold? No life obviously
They should be feeling BLESSED, their experience is a 1000x better than if it was the other way around (Cantonese HKers growing up in India). Look at how the Northeast Indians are heavily discriminated against just because they have some mongoloid blood!
Well Thousands of Tibetians live in India.
And they're quite respected.
EXACTLY, THIS!!!!!!
@Dragon Force What?
How misinformed are you Wumao?
All Tibetans who are were born here about ( 48,000) have defacto citizenship Dumbo( Don't need a Visa), and are allowed to buy land in most states.
Now for those who weren't, they do require to renew their every 2 years,( which can be done online now) there's a special provision under Central Tibetan Authority (CTA) which they can buy land, but generally they live in areas alloted by the Government of India in the 60's.
Now the government has removed the aforementioned act in 7 States, and is planning to completely scrap it so that Tibetans can become complete citizens irrespective of their birth nation.
This was because Dalai Lama advised all Tibetans living in India have chosen to remain stateless, rather than to adopt Indian citizenship, even if they qualify for Indian Citizenship in the late 60's upto 1989 so that They don't Become Less Committed to Tibetan Struggle.
But now all are allowed to apply for Indian Citizenship.
@Dragon Force Cry more wumao.
Tibetans still prefer to live in India or the West, rather than to live in China.
Anyways Most Tibetans are committed to a free Tibet, and even the paper Dragon can't change much about that.
You should learn to not compare. They've been living in Hong Kong before India was an independent country.
Wow, I didn’t realise there was such a large Indian population in Hong Kong!
Look how fine and advanced Hongkong is. Tell me which Indian foreigner would want to leave it after settling down? Everybody wants to own a piece of HK
An eye for an eye makes the world blind.
#IloveHongkong🇭🇰❤️
Nice.
Gandhi quote?
@@thebestevertherewas It is indeed.
There were so many Indians who were taken to other former British colonies in colonial era .
And Hong Kong is one of them.
Hope people have considered them as a natives there.
Where is this shop
It is ironic that I felt being ignored the most was in an Indian tailor shop in Kowloon, HK.
She already speaks Cantonese, so she is a Hongkonger! 😆
The only way to convince people you're a Hongkonger is speaking Cantonese more.
Hong Kong is a great city.. My father came here back in 70s.. I spent my whole life here... Yes that's true there is racism but that is because of languages barrier and less communication.... With each other
The drum beat in the beginnings.
In the US, many of Business colleagues are Hong Kongers, and they've treated me fine( maybe because they had to?)
Or maybe they respect for Indian Americans more?
As an oversea Chinese who grew up a minority in a country that explicitly conducts ethnic profiling and grew up being discriminated, fully understand the issues with the minority in Hong Kong, it’s pretty sad part of a society.
@@crzer07 This has happened before China took over HK in 1997. It's nothing new.
@@DucaTech this person or troll is nothing but a psychopath. check out the copy/paste job on other threads... lol
Where? does it start with M?
Hong Kong is a great place to live, and I hope other Chinese cities learn from Hong Kong. I am totally for people of all backgrounds living in peace and prosperity. I hope Hong Kong China promotes more Indians, Pakistanis, etc into their middle class jobs.
no one wants useless south asians
Then you misunderstand because Hong Kong is for mainly Cantonese Chinese. Hong Kong is still China and I rather it remain Chinese and not become like UK.
As an Indian, they are welcome in Both places
@Dragon Force I don't think anyone cares about what you care about
Best bet.... I personally think you can fit in Malaysia & Singapore quite easily..... Both these countries have Malays, Chinese, Indian, Sikhs, Eurasian, mixed race so it's pretty multi-cultural, multi-lingua... the food will also reflects on that as well...... You can find someone that speaks the languages that you are speak quite easily as well.
Better yet, best bet is in USA or UK. There are large Indian populations there and they get to climb the social ladder much quicker than in Asia. One of them is currently a potential as the next candidate for PM in UK.
@@s._3560 Singapore or Malaysia is a better bet if we compare it to the US or UK. At least they're still in culturally similar Eastern societies as opposed to a non-Eastern society. Apart from the many Hong Kong Chinese who have migrated to the UK, many have also migrated to Malaysia or Singapore for the very reason of them being Eastern societies too.
@@user-jt3dw6vv4x Indians do better in UK and USA than Malaysia whose policies favours Malays. Singapore which is a very small, overpopulated, high-pressured and very expensive place.
Besides ethnic Indians community are already doing really well in UK and USA. Housing, cars are extremely expensive in Singapore compared to UK. A new small car that cost about £20,000 in UK can cost $100,000+=£50,000 in Singapore as you need to bid for a Certificate of Entitlement to own a car. Health care is also very expensive in Singapore with little subsidies for only very low income citizens and currently some elderly citizens.
Whereas in UK it is completely free on NHS with free dental and eyecare for kids. Free social housing, unemployment benefits and 6 months full maternity paid leave and statutory pay for another extra 3 months. Working hours are less and employment leave entitlement is much higher than Singapore (18 days), UK is usually 25 days for fresh university graduates and accumulative to 1 more day for each year you work.
Besides that in UK, non British (citizens of
Commonwealth countries) can vote in all elections. Non citizens can buy property without restrictions and NO mandatory 2 years of military service. All that you cannot do in Singapore.
I love HK!!! Had some of the best memories there holidaying!
I've been to Hongkong and stayed in that exact Chungking Mansion, I had no idea it had a bad reputation 😂 At first I was a bit scared because of the apparent "vibe" of the place, but the following days I started to know better the little shops inside and bought a looot of indian ingredients, had indian breakfast, had things I never have had before 😊 And no one there bothered me, they were always super nice.
I spent a few days in HK, and I had no idea what to expect from there... And now I can certainly not think of HK without indians and the indian restaurants there 😂
I've fallen in love with every bit of that city!! It's so vibrant, and completely different from everything I've been before! No matter if it's Kowloon, HK Island, Lantau and other places, every part of it has its own vibrant feel
Just like in all white places it seems way too easy to preach hate based on one's skin color and that is the hate directed at this Mansion
Sadly, the dark-skinned people still accept it and do not protest
Still slaves of the white man
Indians born before 1997 were given full British citizenship and were luckiest of the bunch because they didn’t become Chinese. No 5 year immigration. Can go work and live in the UK instantly. Before brexit they could have lived in any country in the EU
Don't think it's useful when racism agenda are hugely spread on there
Love the way
Well, Hong Kong does have the title "longest lifespan if you live there", and I am pretty sure lots of people would consider to live there. The rent however is pretty high, so... As a wise man said, everything has it's pros and cons.
The rent is as high as its skyline.
Hong Kong 🇭🇰 has never discriminated anyone barring few people which will be there in every corner of the world. Without a doubt, this is world s most safe country in terms of everything. ID check etc discussed here is true because drugs etc are actually sold by few of Pakistanis refugees people & because of that, common man has to suffer too for the Id check & police is not wrong at all as for them, it’s hard to differentiate between India/Pakistan or other neighbours.
@@indiasuperclean6969 😅😅
India is more racist then hongkong.
@@kingofjupiter7961 agreed, Every single day we Northeast people face racism in India. Northeast people are being treated very badly.
My aunt lives in Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Chinese born in India goes through the same treatment as Indians born in Hong Kong. It's the same all around the world, while some countries could be worst.
North East Indian people after watching this video be like, that's part of our everyday life and sometimes even worst. 😂😂
Also Xinjiang, Uyghur, Macau people's 🤡🤡🤡😂
🤣🤣🤣 the same Northeast India where there is institutional racism and where they are openly racist towards people of 'mainland' India and consider their own state's citizens who are not 'tribal' as 'outsiders'.
@@Roonlovesfish3874 yup, especially to the black bongs 😀😀😀😀😀😀
@@justsaying9189 What about the white Bongs??? 🤣🤣🤣
Also, I am glad you openly acknowledge that you are a racist and was trying to hide behind the thin veil of the narrative that Northeast Indians are only subjugated to racism in India and the people of NE India are without such crimes.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
This line is from 'reincarnated with strongest system' Novel
Why English subtitles
I am a local Chinese and I respect all other non chinese residents .....they are part of our amazing society ......HK is a beautiful city
Until the ccp brought down their GDP.
@@gohanlopez5330
Hong Kong was controlled by China. Basically, these foreigners are all living in China.
Come to Malaysia and you will Realise what is Racism !
Minority Indian are working extremely Hard and yet fully recognized !
Even malaysian constitution declares non Malays as second class citizens.
We need to learn more each other culture. Malaysia and Singapore have multi cultural.
Indonesia?
Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines have stronger national identity although still allowed freedom of faith and religion.
Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore came naturally because none of the Chinese, Malays or Indians tried to impose their culture on others. That's why their cultures are so mixed. That's why they speak each other's languages, have their own unique languages like Manglish and Singlish, combine Chinese, Malay and Indian cooking techniques to create unique dishes relresentative or those influences, celebrate each other's festivals and even intermix with each other. The Chinese Perankan, Jawi Perankan and Indian Peranakan communities emerged due to the natural multicultural societies that have existed in Malaysia and Singapore for centuries. Hong Kong has never recognised multiculturalism even though it has minority communities, like the Indians, who have lived there since colonial times.
Keep your Malaysia with you only radical muslims live in that country which force other community to pay high tax and kids to eat in bathroom when its ramadan and come to singapore most singaporians are racist towards indians specially color discrimination
@@xlr8695 Not everybody is a radical in Malaysia and Malaysia, despite itshistory of turmoil, does a lot better in managing race relations than most other Asian countries (especially India, where there is rampant discrimination among every single ethnic group, even within their own ethnic groups). The discrimination against Indians in Singapore has nothing to do with skin colour, in fact Indians face the most discrimination in Singapore from local Singaporean Indians who are xenophobic towards Indians from India (especially from North India). Despite that, Singapore is the most successful multicultural country in Asia. There is no other Asian country that has managed to create a safe and harmonious where different ethnic groups live together in peace.
they were part of hong kong since the getgo, many of the companies and heritages come from these then expats.....
You find them everywhere from UK to USA, from South Africa to Malaysia. Of course, the colonial British took them from India and sent them all over the world to work, including Hong Kong. Actually, their hearts are still in India.
I feel for them a lot, especially those locally grown. From my observation, the situation is worsening in recent decade due to negative views formed by "fake asylum seekers".
When your country is overpopulated so you go to another country to overpopulate it
So they are citizen of which countries china or India??
I really want to meet them, im malaysian chinese with so many identities . Diversity is the best