Sentence examples for to mainlanders from inspiring English sources

Natives speak an obscure language, Soqotri, that is virtually unintelligible to mainlanders.

China is opening the door to mainlanders to buy shares in Hong Kong through limited arrangements for institutional and individual investors.

To Mainlanders, Hong Kong felt like a kept woman, one upon whom material comfort is bestowed at the cost of compromised dignity.

Chinese children born here automatically receive the right to permanent residency in Hong Kong, entitling them to 12 years of free education and other benefits that are not available to mainlanders, including visa-free travel to many foreign countries.

A debate started up among museum administrators a few years ago over whether to change some of the wording on the displays to make them less insulting to mainlanders, even though the mainlanders want to see the original Taiwanese version.

David Chu, a Hong Kong tycoon who opened the resort in 1992, says that 60percentt of his 3,500 members are still from the former British colony but that the balance is shifting to mainlanders.

When demand really spikes, the stores have to limit mainlanders to a few cans each, to prevent a run on baby formula.

The people of Kinmen consider themselves culturally closer to the nearby mainland province of Fujian than to Taiwan, and are debating how much to welcome mainlanders' money and influence.

To the mainlanders who suffered during the Cultural Revolution, it's painful to see people in Hong Kong -- husband and wife, father and son, teacher and student -- turning against each other because of political differences.

Macau appeals to wealthy mainlanders who, fearing scrutiny and volatility at home, may want to funnel their fortunes into overseas property markets and bank accounts.

And though the authorities have failed to keep mainlanders out, foreigners who have worked there since long before the handover are finding it hard to bring their families over.