Cantonese/Mandarin false dichotomy: peaceful integration and harmonious co-existence

In recent years, there has been much heated debate about the intrusion of Mandarin in Hong Kong and neighboring Canton regions, which has allegedly resulted in the marginalization or even endangerment of local Cantonese dialects. This was seen in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/world/asia/27cantonese.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the 2010 protest in Guangzhou</a> and more recently in Hong Kong in response to <a href="http://polymerhk.com/articles/2015/02/04/11897/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the proposal that Mandarin be used for education in schools</a>. This debate has been heightened by the political movement in Hong Kong in recent years (<a href="https://asiatimes.com/tag/umbrella-movement/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Umbrella Movement</a>), which has seen the formation of localist political groups in Hong Kong that openly oppose the central government’s interference with the political election of top officials in Hong Kong and have even proposed, in some of its extremist forms, <a href="https://keithtse.medium.com/asia-times-cantonese-mandarin-false-dichotomy-peaceful-integration-d43e20ea18a7">Read More</a>