Hong Kong and China's Clapping Culture

It is always interesting, if not illuminating to re-read old books in my possession. Or at least books that I will soon get rid of later this week.

In Chris Yeung's Hong Kong China The Red Dawn (Prentice Hall, 1998), the author noted that former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee Hwa was embroiled in a controversy when he proposed that members clap their hands to show their approval of a procedural matter.

"It conjured fears that the mainland's culture of clapping hands would intrude into the territory."

Yeung added that the fact that Tung's move stirred a controversy showed that many people are still extremely sensitive about the infiltration of mainland's political culture.