china, cosmopolitanism, hong kong, nationalism, revolution, sun yat-sen
Hong Kong is a special city. It is the most important financial center and transportation hub in Asia. That said, few people know that Hong Kong was the place that inspired the founding father of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. In 1884, Sun Yat-sen graduated from the Government Central School in Hong Kong. He ...
Recently, there have been several incidents of Chinese students causing disturbances in Canada. These Chinese students verbally abused on-campus Tibetans and Uyghurs because they hold values that differ from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Some analysts commented that the CCP’s ideology is being spread through Chinese students in Western countries, bringing the phenomenon of the ...
Chinese Millennials might well be the most unique group of people. Typically, the world’s Millennial population is characterized by a consumerist lifestyle and excessively liberal beliefs that scoff at the idea of nationalism, choosing to profess their “world without borders and divisions” ideologies. Even though the Chinese Millennials are as consumerist as their Western counterparts, ...