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The squeaky wheels get all the oil, says one community worker.
The tilt towards Mandarin-speaking mainlanders has caused some friction. For decades, the majority of Chinese came from Hong Kong. They spoke Cantonese and tended to look down on the poorer, less cosmopolitan mainlanders. Now, though, the prejudices are starting to reverse. Some of the older, Hong Kong-born generation, less worldly and less well integrated, feel left behind.
And being a model minority has often worked against the Chinese. The squeaky wheels get all the oil, says one community worker. The different origins of Chinese groups, whose roots are in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, as well as China and Hong Kong, mean the community is not united. But that also helps integration. Some South Asian MPs focus on issues in Asian communities. But Havant has very few Chinese. “I am not representing the Chinese,” says Mr Mak. “I am serving all the people of my constituency.”
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I am reading an article about Chinese immigrants(http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21709593-helped-high-end-immigration-mainland-chinese-community-coming-out-its). What's the meaning of that sentence in bold type? It feels like former sentence has no connection with the latter.
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And being a model minority has often worked against the Chinese. The squeaky wheels get all the oil, says one community worker. The different origins of Chinese groups, whose roots are in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, as well as China and Hong Kong, mean the community is not united. But that also helps integration. Some South Asian MPs focus on issues in Asian communities. But Havant has very few Chinese. “I am not representing the Chinese,” says Mr Mak. “I am serving all the people of my constituency.”
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I am reading an article about Chinese immigrants(http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21709593-helped-high-end-immigration-mainland-chinese-community-coming-out-its). What's the meaning of that sentence in bold type? It feels like former sentence has no connection with the latter.
Thanks!
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"The squeaky wheels get all the oil" is an expression meaning that people who make most noise get all the attention. e. e.
- "The squeaky wheels get all the oil" is an expression meaning that people who make most noise get all the attention.
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- been to their disadvantage (according to the author).
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"The squeaky wheels get all the oil" is an expression meaning that people who make most noise get all the attention. Because the Chinese have been a "model minority", i.e. well-behaved and not complaining all the time, they have received less attention, which has worked against them, i.e. been to their disadvantage (according to the author).
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