Mole hair for luck, long pinky nail as status symbol and split queues to save time – Hong Kong’s cultural oddities are one of a kind

After I wrote about the Chinese virtue of frugality in this column a couple of weeks ago, I received some readers’ feedback. They found it interesting – even admirable to an extent, and some found it slightly odd that Chinese people often go to great lengths just to save a few dollars.Canadian comedian Russell Peters summed it up perfectly in one of his comedy acts about how a Chinese shopkeeper could drive a hard bargain. In one of his most popular stand-up sessions, Peters describes an…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3088783/mole-hair-luck-long-pinky-nail-status-symbol-and-split