Who started the movie studios – Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Great Movie Enterprises, etc?
Who started the shipping industry? Heard of Sir Y.K. Pao?
Who ran the upper management of all the state-owned banks?
Who were the tailors that even the British colonial masters patronized because they could do a Savile Row suit rip-off in a week with only one fitting at 1/5 of the price of their British counterparts, with no loss in quality?
I could go on. The point is: the Shanghainese entrepreneurs, even though they were a minority, played a seminal role in the post-war industrialization as well as cultural development of HK. They represented the wholesale export of Chinese capitalism to HK in the wake of the communist takeover.
BTW, did you know that Wong Kar Wai, one of the world's greatest directors, is Shanghainese? Or Tung Chee Hwa? Or CJ Yang T.L., the first and only Chinese chief justice in colonial HK?
Is shameful that you're so proud, your China businesman from Shanghai invested in the British colony-Hong Kong instead of China. During the cultural revolution in China they regarded Shanghai businessman as shameful Han traitors because China was experiencing fanime, poverty, hunger with massive death toll. Although the British welcomed your investments and money they also looked down on the Shanghai people for abandoning their own city and country but it's the same with Guangzhou rich traitors. The rich businessman from Guangzhou were a elite group and was influencing British politics in HK with bribery, they are the ones that gave HK it's Cantonese language and made it most most spoken, and they started all kinds of shops, restuarants, hotels, markets, hospitals, casino, transportations ( trains, cars, motors ) in HK.
Who was the father of Hong Kong cinema? "Lai Man-Wai xinhui Taishanese.
Shaw brothers was founded 3 brothers who are all from Zhenjiang not Shanghai. Raymond Chow is founder of Golden Haverst is Hakka.
Shipping industry? Hong Kong had a shipping industry long before sir Y.K Pao
Who ran the upper management of all the state owned banks ? Guangzhou, Taishan, Chaozhou including Shanghai
Who were the tailors ? people from Guangdong and Shanghai
One of the world's greatest directors is also John Woo with roots with Guangzhou.
Tung Chee Hwa ???? you mean that pathetic dog who kisses the ass of British and China? his inferior leadership made Hong Kong a mess
Now here's my questions
What is Hong Kong law's based on ? British
Who allowed Hong Kong to be a international port and links with the west? it was the British who allowed Hong Kong people
What is Hong Kong famous world known cuisine come from? Mixture of Cantonese mostly with influences of Teochew.
What is the language and the music of Hong Kong that once dominated Asia and international influence on western cinemas? Cantonese
Who are the most famous HK actors and Asian actors of 20th century Bruce Lee Cantonese, Jackie Chan Anhui and it was them 2 who made HK known in the world.
Who are the richest people in Hong Kong? Li Ka Shing Teochew, Lee Kau Shee Cantonese, Lui Che Woo Taishanese Raymond, Thomas & Walter Kwok, Cantonese
How many in top 20 richest people in Hong Kong are Shanghainese? only 2
Most of Hong Kong's car manufacturer, car companies, food businesses, eletronic companies ect ? they come from Guangdong, not Shanghai.
What is Hong Kong famous world known cuisine come from? Mixture of Cantonese mostly with influences of Teochew.
I can go on and on.
Here -------------------------------> Look at the list of top 20 billionaires , 80% of them are from Guangdong and yet you were here exaggerating 90% hailed from Shanghai, truely a big mouth full of crap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hong_Kong_people_by_net_worth
HONG KONG IS HONG KONG
Anyway I'm of Teochew origin, and it is Teochew who are stereotyped as succesful businesman. Who cares if you are Teochew or Shanghainese? I feel like puking and cringing when they identify themselves as such. These are signs of inferiority complex and signs of China regions want to be distinguished from other Chinese.... is truely disgusting. You are either Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Kongese, Singaporean ect
In the international world China people are not respected but being Hong Kong people is respected. If you call yourself Shanghai you're just a China person. In Japan, Taiwan, South Korea for example. Hong Kong is 100x more respected than a person from China (doesn't matter if you're from Shanghai )
