Ever thought that Hong Kong and Newfoundland had a lot of similarities?

1. They’re both islands, separated from the mainland. Technically, Kowloon is on the mainland, but then, so again is Labrador. Historically, they were both “independent” at some point, which is to say they both had different owners a century ago.

2. People speak a different dialect than those from the mainland. In Hong Kong’s case, people speak Cantonese that sounds different from the mainland Cantonese, and very much different from standard Mandarin. In Newfoundland’s case, they speak a dialect that hails from colonial times. Neither can speak understandable English properly.

3. The ego. Both places think they’re better than the mainland, and in some cases rightly so. Both bitch about bad mainland administration. The source of Hong Kong and Newfoundland’s problems lie in Beijing and Ottawa alone.

4. They both used to have a strong fishing economy. However, Hong Kong gets the advantage in this one over Newfoundland because Hong Kong has managed to move on to become a major trading hub and international financial centre. Newfoundland? Not so much.

This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent with the rest of the world.

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