What Hong Kong culture are talking about? I'm sorry but do you eat your chopsticks in such a way that makes you different? You only wanting to be different for difference sake. You uppity attitude is what concerns me. Anything coming from the mainland is bad and their numbers will dilute our population as they will take away all of our precious Hong Kong women. Get over yourself dude, a Chinese is a Chinese regardless of what ethic groups they came from in the mainland. I don't care how you see them, but I see them as brothers and sisters who are poor but proud and build China to where it is now with literally their backs and you're complaining about some mainlander pregnant mommies are taking advantage of the benefits by having babies in HK, China? You talk about getting along, but it seems to me that you are the one who's not getting along with your fellow Chinese. What is so unique and important that this lame so called HK identity that needs to be protected at all cost? Do you see Jacky Chan advocating for the protection of Hong Kong "identity"?
Ignorance.
Culture = a society's norms. Every society, from organizations to religion to ethnic, are various types of cultures of its own. Don't believe me? Go take Sociology 101. I even learned this in high school
HK woman? More and more mainland Chinese immigrate to HK, while some immigrate there to give births, which allow them access to HK citizenship. That in itself, increases the registered populations, as well as the population of immigrants in HK. Stealing HK woman? More HK men are marrying mainland Chinese women
Just because you don't know something or disagree doesn't mean it isn't there. The culture and societies in HK have its own thinking. Since you failed to open your mind and heart to accept new ideas, you can also keep thinking the way you do. Your very reaction is nothing but the prototype behaviour of anti-Chinese bashers, except this time you must defend China's decisions and your bashing is towards HK.
Get over yourself and your bias.
Chinese is a label like as is Japanese. There are Osakan Japanese, Tokyo Japanese, Ainus, Okinawans, Kyoto, Hokkaido..various regions, prefectures, with distinctiveness. They share similarities but also distinctiveness. So it's the same as regional Chinese...Han, Chu, Fujianese, Manchu, Shanghai, Canton, HK, Shandong.. even HK and Shenzhen speaks differently. As much as you're right that they're the same, you are also failing to appreciate and observe their diversity and difference. Is it even so hard to grasp that Texans are different from New Yorkers?
Next up, I find it incredibly pathetic how you can dismiss HK's concerns into consideration, which showed your inconsiderate attitude and an attempt to enforce them to "suck it up and accept it" without even attempting to understand from their shoes. I've tried to share it with you, but you ignored it and won't even put it into considerations. If you want to learn to work things out, the first thing is to understand the positions from the other person. But nope you won't even attempt. Before you accuse me, I assure you, you won't even get past preliminary stages of solving conflicts because you don't even attempt to others seriously. Such a fail attitude.
HK is in a different political system where social benefits and welfare are given to HK citizens. When HK Government was about to distribute $6000 to every HK citizens, newly immigrated citizens from mainland China, who's been citizens for less than a few months, cried they should have the right or else it's discrimination. As a result, they are get a share. What ended up happening was many of them explicitly stated they came to HK just to leech off the benefits. They don't understand or know to respect the purposes and meanings of these benefits, as they don't know how to respect the cultural norms such as no peeing on MTR platforms. This is why we are upset with them. The actions of these very few spell a terrible name for mainland Chinese because people's natural stereotype is that this is how mainland Chinese are like when they are in HK. Since not everyone understands prejudice and stereotypes are bad, dislikes towards mainland China increased. It's not right, but that's how causes are. On the other hand, you attempted 2 irrelevant propositions of tying "brothers and sisters" with "complaining pregnant moms". I don't see how that's even a legitimate argument. The most you're doing is telling me "because they're Chinese, you shouldn't be complaining". Some really pathetic and weak attempt at Begging the Question.
I want to be different? Ridiculous HK identity? I have taken an entire course on social identity theories and social psychology, which I apply with my studies of international relations. And the fact you call it ridiculous showed how much disrespect you have. Someone who doesn't even know how to respect should learn that first before coming in attempting to be a judge.
Us getting along? Mainland Chinese coming into HK should observe our rules of law and cultures. It's called respect. When one's acts interferes with the rights of others, such action should stop. Mainland Chinese entering HK should demonstrate respect because they are in an area under our separate political jurisdiction. Vice versa goes for HK people in China.
And it's so pathetic how you say we don't attempt to get along with you guys. Yea yea yea it's all about you guys again. Sinocentric? Egocentric? Ethnocentric? Get over yourself. You don't know respect, tolerance, and observing others' attitude, and you're telling us to get along with you guys? You are equivalent of saying the forum should learn to get along with trolls.
Your actions are equivalent of the attitude the US have towards China, saying they don't attempt to get along with the West. Seriously, same logic, just simply [insert nouns], and the sentence is exactly the same.
I even wonder how you come to the conclusion I don't get along with fellow Chinese. I respect people here equally as I respect them in real life; I offer people a benefit of a doubt for their behavior unless it's excessively across the line.
The world works on a very important rule: Learn to respect what you're getting yourselves involved with. If you're talking about HK, you need to understand HK. If you want to understand China or US, you need to understand China or US. Without understanding, you have nothing to build on. And this is you, failing that. You don't even attempt to respect HK and the differences and what makes HK what it is, so you don't really have much grounds to talk, no offense.
Your last paragraph..complete ignorance. You can't even learn to appreciate diversities and identities, which shows you have no respect towards others but your own. And that shouldn't earn anyone's respect.