For Hong Kong And Mainland, Distrust Only Grows
For Hong Kong And Mainland, Distrust Only Grows Enlarge this image toggle caption Joyce Woo/AFP/Getty Images Joyce Woo/AFP/Getty Images A committee of Hong Kong's handpicked elite will select the territory's new leader this weekend after a hotly contested fight, which has left both the main front-runners tainted by scandal. In early February, the simmering anger erupted in a very public manner, as a group of anonymous Hong Kong residents paid for a full-page Sponsor Message The ad's illustration featured an enormous locust overlooking the city's famous skyline, above the words "Hong Kong people, we have endured enough in silence." A few days later, during an "anti-locust rally," young Hong Kong activists targeted tourists from mainland China in an unusual way, serenading them with an offensive song called "Locust World." Sponsor Message "In the late '70s, '80s and even the early '90s, Hong Kong people believed they were better educated, more prosperous than their counterparts in mainland China. "Hong Kong people are saying, 'We're Chinese — you're not supposed to come into our city, just like we're not supposed to come into your cities and crowd out your services.
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