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Originally posted by Taualumna
Japanese (and I guess Asians from Asia in general) are only xenophobic if a non-Japanese gets too close to them. If they were truly xenophobic, then parents wouldn't be sending their children to English class nor would the kids be playing western instruments. Also, there is indeed an east meets west sort of culture in Hong Kong, though no where near as old as that of Afghanistan. The "cha chan teng", or Hong Kong style diner, is definitely a mixture of cultures. The food isn't exactly Chinese, nor is it western. Many of the dishes are island developed, such as the various "baked rice" (rice casserole) dishes, Hong Kong tea (very, very strong black tea with condenced milk and sugar), and yeen-yeung (half coffee, half HK tea) and various pasteries that are "not quite Chinese, not quite western".

This thread has absolutely nothing to do with Hong Kong.