From November 29th to December 1st, the 21st Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Cantonese Opera Day took place at the Cantonese Opera ...
However, while it is mandatory for many students in Hong Kong to learn Hanyu Pinyin in Putonghua classes, Cantonese Pinyin is rarely used to learn pronunciations of Traditional Chinese.
It surprised me that the most sought-after schools in Hong Kong taught in English or Mandarin, rather than Cantonese, which is the default language for nearly the entire population. And I was ...
But there are also contemporary threats to Cantonese from within China, too. In Guangzhou and neighbouring Hong Kong, more Mandarin-speaking outsiders are moving in, altering the dialect and the ...