https://www.scmp.com/rss/319907/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As Hongkongers find themselves in the midst of discovering their own identities and starting to ask the question of what it truly means to be a heunggongyan, or Hong Kong person, I find myself reflecting on the children of expatriates, many of whom have grown up and lived in Hong Kong all their lives, but who don't have the slightest chance of fitting the stringent criteria to be ascribed that title. Can these individuals identify themselves as a Hongkonger? There is no denying that they call... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1856594/can-westernised-expat-kid-ever-be-true-hongkonger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1856594/can-westernised-expat-kid-ever-be-true-hongkonger?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:30:15 +0000 Recent interest in the behaviour of the children of expatriates in Hong Kong has ignited a debate in which they have been labelled spoiled brats who lack emotional stability and are shielded from the local populace within their own exclusive expatriate bubble. Quick to defend themselves, these children contend that, instead of being emotionally hollow, straddling the divide between two or more countries actually makes them highly culturally aware and adaptable. Thus they call themselves "third... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1838343/hong-kong-integration-expatriate-children-only-skin-deep?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1838343/hong-kong-integration-expatriate-children-only-skin-deep?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:45:30 +0000