The thing to note here is that Hong Kong has a very difficult and complicated and strenuous relationship with mainland China. Ever since the UK returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, China has been trying to unify Hong Kong with the rest of China, despite the fact that one of the conditions of Hong Kong's return was the right to self rule. This attempt at unification has often been at the cost of not only the rights, but also the culture of Hong Kong citizens. A major example of this is the fact that in Hong Kong, they speak Cantonese not Mandarin, and use the traditional alphabet instead of the simplified one; something which China has been trying to change, pretty much by force. So when Nintendo decides to stop localisation in Hong Kong's language in favour of that used in mainland China, Hong Kong citizens are seeing it as an outside company siding with mainland China over an issue of an erasure of culture, hence the upset. Hopefully that clarifies things a bit for a few people.
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Re: Hong Kong Pokémon Fans Protest Over New Translation Issues with Sun and Moon
The thing to note here is that Hong Kong has a very difficult and complicated and strenuous relationship with mainland China. Ever since the UK returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, China has been trying to unify Hong Kong with the rest of China, despite the fact that one of the conditions of Hong Kong's return was the right to self rule. This attempt at unification has often been at the cost of not only the rights, but also the culture of Hong Kong citizens. A major example of this is the fact that in Hong Kong, they speak Cantonese not Mandarin, and use the traditional alphabet instead of the simplified one; something which China has been trying to change, pretty much by force. So when Nintendo decides to stop localisation in Hong Kong's language in favour of that used in mainland China, Hong Kong citizens are seeing it as an outside company siding with mainland China over an issue of an erasure of culture, hence the upset. Hopefully that clarifies things a bit for a few people.