ABSTRACT
In this postcolonial age, it is common to expect indigenous people to glorify the moments of decolonization and condemn previous colonial regimes in the name of nationalism. This logic follows from the general experience and belief that colonialism is inherently bad and humiliating. The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) adopted a similar narrative in the 1980s and applied it to the former colony of Hong Kong, promoting the idea that fellow countrymen (tongbao) from the colony should embrace the nation/homeland (zuguo) when they were finally able to free themselves from the shackles of colonialism.
