Sentence examples for mainlanders in from inspiring English sources

Tensions caused by the impact of tens of millions of mainland tourists in this city of seven million people led some localists to brand mainlanders in Hong Kong as "locusts".

I was pointed to one of the mainlanders in attendance.

Mainlanders in Hong Kong spend 73% of their budget on shopping, says Mr Rambourg.This is bound to increase.

But it doubtless found the outcome of the KMT's poll on July 16th reassuring, since it suggests that there might still be a future for "mainlanders" in Taiwanese politics.

This traditional Hawaiian meal — validated as fine fare by the president-elect when he proclaimed his longing for one during a vacation in Oahu last summer — might be poised to enter the consciousness of mainlanders in all of its fatty, greasy deliciousness.

Mainlanders in turn feel that Hong Kongers are arrogant and disloyal to the motherland.In this section Pay and play No power to pacify Dogs and locusts ReprintsWhat has changed drastically in the past few years is that the old fear of poor mainland Chinese swamping Hong Kong has been washed away by floods of rich mainland shoppers.

The video, which attracted widespread attention on the mainland, showed a Hong Kong passenger on the city's subway system telling a noodle-munching mainlander in Cantonese that eating on the train is forbidden.

It must be all the more galling, therefore, to see pregnant mainlanders rushing in.

Another move may be to relax exit restrictions, letting mainlanders live in Hong Kong—and bring their money with them.

Around the world, China's lack of soft power — exactly what mainlanders admire in Hong Kong — hurts, Ms. Wang said.

Perhaps 40,000 mainlanders are in Taiwan illegally, and some Taiwan officials worry that they pose a threat to national security.