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Most important point is foreigners in HK have the foreigners and Chinese classification. Foreigners in HK often refer most HK people as "the Chinese" when they speak in English.
People with Chinese look speaking fluent Cantonese or Mandarin or other Chinese dialects in HK are usually considered to be Chinese. But If that person is actually a full Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese, he or she is not considered Chinese in HK. If that person is Eurasians or Chinese mixed with non Chinese speaking fluent Chinese, he or she may also be considered Chinese in HK.
Chinese using English as their main language may not be considered Chinese in HK.
In HK and overseas, some people simply consider by look, some consider by language. Official way is consider by nationality. The nationality of HKSAR and Macao SAR passport holders is Chinese on the bilingual personal information pages of the passports. The emblem of China and the words People's Republic of China are on the front cover of the passports.
Same nationality but different passports.
When HKSAR and Macao sar passport holders travel to some countries in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa. Sometimes they are wrongly treated as Mainland Chinese passport holders when entering.
In western countries, Chinese from HK are just treated as Chinese by most westerners. Anyone thinking they will not be discriminated by being from HK is naive. Chinese from HK had been discriminated in the UK and other western countries before HK was returned from the UK to China. Vietnamese, Japanese and Koreans are also constantly treated as Chinese in western countries, biger chances in Europe than the US. Most westerners don't know most HK chinese mainly speak Cantonese or the differences between mandarin and Cantonese.
Yes, most people in HK and Macau are Chinese by nationality, including some people who can only travel with Hksar passports but hate to be Chinese.
If Hong Kong people were travelling in USA or Europe and people referred to them as "Chinese," would they correct them and say "No, we are Hongkongnese"?
Some Indian Hongkongers tell people they are from Hong Kong because they live most of their life in HK, not in India. These non Chinese looking HK people may or may not have Chinese nationality, have the right to live in HK since birth or long time ago. Asian Americans say they are from the US not from somewhere in Asia.
Some people don't correct, some correct.
On HK's TV channel, a local in another country was asking a visiting team from the HK TV channel "Which country are you from?" in a language not in English. A woman of the team replied "China" in that language.
In another country, another HK tv channel was talking to locals. When asked "where are you from?" The reply was "Hong Kong". Because she was not asked which country, she replied with the city she came from.
Before HK was returned to China, during British rule, replying with "China" was uncommon.
Most people in western countries don't care about the differences of people from different parts of East Asia. It is the same in Asia, people don't care about the origins of whites and blacks.
The term Hong Konger is a not a nationality, it is about residents of cities, like New Yorkers and Londoners. The term appears in Hong Kong's and others' English media.
What do you think of Hong Kongers who say "Hong Kong is not China"
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