We're in China . . . but we're not

One of the concepts which keeps coming up with the kids is the understandable confusion over whether we're in China or not. We talk about being in China now but then later we mention something and say that this will be different when we're in China. For example, drinking water out of the tap. Tap water in Hong Kong is fine to drink--at least we haven't had any problems. But in China, of course, we'll have to use bottled water exclusively. We've explained the history of Hong Kong to the kids and told them that that is why things are different here. I think Jade, at nearly 8 years old, is just old enough to understand that Hong Kong used to belong to the UK but now it is part of China. It's being able to get concepts like this across to the kids which enriches the trip for all of us.