A Recipe for Cooperation: Why Hong Kong Must Ditch Its Superiority Complex Hong Kong's history as a British colony has left an indelible mark on its psyche, instilling a sense of separateness from mainland China.
For decades, it prided itself on being a bastion of Western style democracy and free market economics, distinct from the mainland.
This distinction was fueled by cultural and economic differences that became a source of pride rather than something to be bridged. However, times have changed.