Editing Standard Chinese (section)

=== Hong Kong and Macau ===
In [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], which are [[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|special administrative regions]] of the PRC, there is [[diglossia]] between [[Cantonese]] ({{zhi|t=口語|j=hau2 jyu5|l=spoken language}}) as the primary spoken language, alongside a [[Hong Kong written Chinese|local form of Standard Chinese]] ({{zhi|t=書面語|j=syu1 min6 jyu5|l=written language}}) used in schools, local government, and formal writing.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Lee |first=Siu-lun |title=The Learning and Teaching of Cantonese as a Second Language |year=2023 |place=Abingdon/New York |publisher=Routledge |language=en |isbn=978-1-000-88989-5}}</ref> [[Written Cantonese]] may also be used in informal settings such as advertisements, magazines, popular literature, and comics. Mixture of formal and informal written Chinese occurs to various degrees.<ref name=":12">{{Citation |last=Shi |first=Dingxu |title=Hong Kong written Chinese: Language change induced by language contact |date=2006-10-12 |journal=Journal of Asian Pacific Communication |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=299–318 |url=http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/japc.16.2.09shi |language=en |doi=10.1075/japc.16.2.09shi |s2cid=143191355 |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930023013/https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/japc.16.2.09shi |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|Hong Kong's handover]] from the United Kingdom and [[transfer of sovereignty over Macau|Macau's handover]] from Portugal, their governments use ''Putonghua'' to communicate with the PRC's [[Central People's Government]]. There has been significant effort to promote use of ''Putonghua'' in Hong Kong since the handover,<ref>{{Citation |last=Standing Committee on Language Education & Research |title=Putonghua promotion stepped up |date=25 March 2006 |url=http://archive.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/category/atschool/060325/html/060325en02002.htm |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721092538/http://archive.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/category/atschool/060325/html/060325en02002.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |publisher=Hong Kong Government}}</ref> including the training of police<ref>{{Citation |title=Online training to boost Chinese skills |url=http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/692/0110_e.htm |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721092725/http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/692/0110_e.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live |publisher=Hong Kong Police Department}}</ref> and teachers.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hong Kong LegCo |title=Panel on Education working reports |date=19 April 1999 |url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr98-99/english/panels/ed/papers/ed1904_4.htm |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721092708/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr98-99/english/panels/ed/papers/ed1904_4.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live |publisher=Hong Kong Government}}</ref>