Some view the recent shutdown of a Cantonese advocacy group as the latest crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony.
  • lowleveldata@programming.dev
    7·
    3 years ago

    the essay that police asked to be taken down was “Our Time” by Siu Gaa, which imagines Hong Kong in 2050 after a government crackdown on linguistic and ethnic minorities as well as freedom of religion in the city

    It’s not about Cantonese. It’s they hate this essay for some reason. Whether that’s better or worse is up to your judgement.

  • KijinSeija@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 years ago

    They’re doing the same thing they did back in the 90s with Shanghainese, this time on a much larger scale. Disgusting.

  • Bloops@lemmygrad.ml
    32·
    3 years ago

    I have a hunch this language suppression meme is fake news. I’ll get back to you guys in a decade or two to see if I was right.