Sentence examples for we mainlanders from inspiring English sources

Consider the Orkney and Shetland islanders, significant numbers of whom are as hostile to Holyrood's remote-governance as we mainlanders are to Westminster's.

"As Chinese mainlanders, we feel sorrow over the chaos in Hong Kong on Sunday.

We even have mainlanders coming to Hong Kong to participate in public demonstrations and to participate in the candlelight vigils because they know very well they are not allowed to do this in the mainland.

More recently, forms of localism that reject the Mainland and mainlanders have emerged.

"By seeing that anyone here can criticize the government and by realizing that democracy does not bring chaos, there is a hope we can subtly influence mainlanders," said Huo-Wang Lin, a philosophy professor at National Taiwan University and an occasional adviser to Mr. Ma.

Everyone I knew hummed the hits of Hong Kong pop idols and gawked at the city's skyline in films, but we understood that, as mainlanders, few of us would ever be permitted to see the Fragrant Harbor ourselves.

Such protests are effectively banned in mainland China, creating a draw for the mainlanders who attended.

"If the mainlanders have any grievances or are involved in any disputes, we will have an emergency task force to deal with them," said Hau Lung-bin, the Taipei mayor.

"Singaporeans look down on mainlanders as country bumpkins, and they look down on us because we can't speak proper Chinese".

Mainlanders and [Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (D-Hawaii) social media accounts] were how we found out it was a mistake".

Now that the authentic aspect of the tradition threatens to disappear because of the interference of mainlanders and snooping foreigners (like us) and simplicity of making and spreading today's media, we understand the paranoia and fear of the islanders.