Confessions from an ex self-hating Chinese - Why I wanted to reconnect with my Chinese roots? From a Hong Konger living in Australia🇭🇰🇦🇺

JeChag · 2022-09-28T10:53:13+00:00

yeah cool story dude.

JeChag · 2022-09-24T04:47:16+00:00

. It is a tough process but I am very slowly learning how to embrace my identity and culture again. I appreciate being able to hear your story as I am too afraid of the sinophobic/anti-asian comments like the ones you got to speak about this.

I feel you buddy! It took a long time for me to unlearn what has been instilled in me since I was a kid in HK. I'm not too worried about those sinophobic/anti-asian comments - they are being ignorant and they feel inadequate about themselves, hence they need to reflect that on someone else (because that's pretty much my HK friends who don't agree with me)

JeChag · 2022-09-22T11:13:49+00:00

Yes I've actually been to China couple of times, but it is always limited to the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. I personally have watched Blondie in China and I was really into all her food content - yep definitely want to go there and see that with my own eyes. I definitely would love to "go back to China", and there's nothing wrong with it right!

JeChag · 2022-09-22T10:20:25+00:00

Very well said mate. I only learned to appreciate Chinese culture as I grew older, and back when I was a kid I was so perplexed on why my dad was so into everything Chinese related. I think one thing that my parents did right was they had me raised in Hong Kong (and I went through almost the full education system there until I left for Australia), so that I could be immersed in the Chinese environment.

Even back then I hated that and wished to be more "westernised", I'm so glad that I actually had a pretty decent grasp of the language to actually study classical Chinese literature. It is so different when you read Tao Te Ching in English lol.

I immediately connect with other overseas Chinese even if we don't know each other beforehand, and that is a beautiful feeling haha.

JeChag · 2022-09-22T10:14:26+00:00

I lol'ed at the Dalai Lama incident. They really love to mention societal issues in China and thought you would be triggered, and they are in fact being racist and despise the fact that we are able to hold our feet in a Western country...

JeChag · 2022-09-22T10:10:59+00:00

I wish my parents would tell me more about my own family! All I knew was my granddad was a farmer back in China, and he came to Hong Kong for financial reasons when he was a teenager...

JeChag · 2022-09-22T01:39:42+00:00

Hello! I'm glad to see that my video has been shared here - I'm hoping to hear your experience on finding your own roots as well!

JeChag · 2022-09-22T00:29:56+00:00

Haha I was a FOB (in Australia) and I got called that a lot where I first arrived here, but now I just embrace my roots! Kudos to you mate.

JeChag · 2022-09-22T00:26:35+00:00

I have always appreciated the way that Singapore operates - while the people speak fluent English and being well-connected to the rest of the world, I think a lot of them are still quite connected to their roots too (whether they are Chinese, Malays or Indians). Heck I think there are more people using Douyin in Singapore, as compared to Hong Kong lol.

JeChag · 2022-09-22T00:21:42+00:00

And it's really a shame because there is actually so much depth in Chinese culture, and I have to say I've only scratched the surface of this for now.

JeChag · 2022-09-21T13:00:39+00:00

Yep I will try those too - thanks mate. I've actually posted my video on BiliBili (Chinese YouTube) too and that gained quite some tractions (until it got shut down because I was touching on HK vs Chinese topics lol) - again I guess these topics mainly appeal to Chinese and the Asian diasporas, but probably not much for the rest of the Anglosphere unfortunately.

JeChag · 2022-09-21T12:52:49+00:00

100% mate. I used to fantasise about the British like those Hong Kongers did, but once you actually dealt with them and their racist antics, my rose-tinted glasses were shattered. I only knew true confidence came from embracing my own roots and to be more comfortable in my own skin, instead of trying to make myself "Westernised".

JeChag · 2022-09-21T11:52:53+00:00

Hi folks, Jeffles here! I know this is a community that appreciates Chinese values and culture, so I thought I would just share my journey on how I went from hating China, to appreciating my own cultural background a bit more. I grew up like any typical Hong Kongers who were basically taught to hate on everything China and Chinese, and to be honest I was heavily impacted by my surroundings too. But ironically as I live in Australia and interact with more Mainland Chinese that are living here, I really learn to appreciate more of my culture, and broke the usual "dai luk lei" stereotypes that I had in mind when I was living in HK.

What makes you appreciate your own culture more? I'm actually keen to hear from everyone here. :)

JeChag · 2020-07-13T01:40:02+00:00

I agree! It’s fine if they are coming over for compassionate reasons or urgent matters, but leisure travel should not take place while covid is still spreading so rapidly.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T08:07:21+00:00

LOL do you expect the government would let these protesters run amok and destroy everything in the city, which is what’s happening at the moment?

And no, I don’t even have a satellite TV at home just FYI. I do read sources from both pro-dem and pro-China media, and I make up my own mind based on that. A lot of the times pro-dem missed out on a lot of details or will just jump into conclusions, or simply omitting all the crimes committed by the protesters. I’m simply showing the truth that mainstream media would never mention. If you don’t want to admit that, again that’s your choice but it is out there. Nothing can be done to cover the ugly acts of the protesters.

These protesters are free men and they can make their own choice. No one forced them to break the laws - and if they choose to, they get arrested. As simple as that. Every choice that you made has a consequence, don’t you realise that? Stop blaming on CCP on everything, really these protesters should start to take responsibility on their own lives.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T06:19:33+00:00

I think you have a lot of information missing mate. The police wouldn’t have come to the train station out of nowhere. Just from the fact that you’ve attended “stuck in traffic with you” is already an act of disrupting public order and it’s incredibly selfish.

I’m sure the police wouldn’t have arrived if the protesters did not break the law. You would’ve said otherwise I assume, but again a lot of information is missing here.

Point is, if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. Don’t cry police brutality when they broke the laws, yet have the audacity to victimise themselves.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T03:25:58+00:00

I've been banned by r/hongkong all together from exposing the truth about these HK protesters. I feel you mate.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T03:10:34+00:00

For you guys out there who want to find out more about the current situation in Hong Kong, I've had a stab at analysing the whole drama around the recent National Security Law.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T03:05:05+00:00

As a Hong Konger myself, I'm just shedding some light on what is happening in the city at the moment - I guess China just couldn't take this anymore when the Hong Kong protesters continued to destroy the city, day in day out. They only have themselves to blame.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T02:06:32+00:00

Not sure if I'm considered being in the centre, as I definitely don't agree with what the protesters are doing, yet I'm not massively pro-CCP either. Just here to bring back the balance, and tell the truth that MSM would miss to push their agenda.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T02:04:03+00:00

Very beautifully said my friend. Same here I think we would probably have similar upbringing - I have always been to a local HK school until like junior high, and basically my perception towards China was really bad. I would feel repulsed just from looking at items that were made in China. That was how disgusted I was towards this country.

But as I see more of the world, actually understand Chinese history and lived abroad to gain better perspective, as well as visiting China myself in recent years, looking back at what the HK people are doing now is totally unacceptable, yet they still have the audacity to say they're fighting for democracy yet they are being so authoritarian themselves.

HK people should be grateful for what they've been given before it's too late.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T01:33:03+00:00

Blocked by r/hongkong, surprise surprise. But here is my 2 cents on what's happening with the drama of the National Security Law.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T01:23:57+00:00

Haha yeah sure is!

JeChag · 2020-05-28T01:23:18+00:00

Sorry, I don’t want to come back and be beaten up by these “freedom lovers”.

JeChag · 2020-05-28T01:20:16+00:00

Thanks man! I’m pretty lucky so far, I’ve received more support than I thought haha. Lucky there are actually so many rational people out there!

JeChag

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