Though Hong Kong is home to a number of people of different racial and ethnic origins, the overwhelming majority of Hongkongers are of Han Chinese descent. Many are Yue –speaking Cantonese people and trace their ancestral home to the adjacent province of Guangdong.

About 95 percent of the Hong Kong people speak Cantonese, and about 49 percent can speak Mandarin that is the official language of China. About 90 percent of the Hong Kong people speak Cantonese at home.

Hakka language (Jyutping: Haak 3 gaa 1 waa 2; Traditional Chinese: 客家話) is commonly used in many walled villages (Jyutping: Wai 4 cyun 1; Traditional Chinese: 圍村) in New Territories and Hakka ethnic communities in Hong Kong, being one of the indigenous languages for Hong Kong indigenous peoples.

2023年12月5日 · With local elections in Hong Kong approaching, here’s a look at how people in the special administrative region view mainland China, as well as their own identity and the way things are going in their city. All findings are drawn from a recent Pew Research Center survey.

Many Hong Kong people identify themselves as Chinese due to their shared heritage, language, and history with the mainland. At the same time, there are others who emphasize their unique Hong Kong identity and distance themselves from being solely identified as Chinese.

Hong Kong uses the traditional complex Chinese characters, while mainland China and Singapore have adopted simplified characters. Since the 1970s, popular magazines and newspapers have taken to writing using many new characters to represent the …

5 天之前 · The earliest modern peoples in Hong Kong are thought to have come from North China in the 2nd millennium bce. The Cantonese began to settle in the area about 100 bce; later came the Hakka, and by the mid-17th century the Hoklo had arrived.

2022年6月29日 · On 1 July 1997, Britain returned Hong Kong to China. Overnight, Hongkongers gained a new identity as Chinese citizens. Since then, China has been keen to ensure the city's residents see...

Overall, the ethnic Chinese population of Hong Kong can be largely divided into three groups: Hong Kong locals, migrants from mainland China, and anglicised (or westernised) Hong Kongers. Language proficiency is arguably the most prominent and reliable indicator of group identity.

2024年3月19日 · Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China that has, until recently, largely been free to manage its own affairs based on “ one country, two systems,” a...