Originally Posted by
moondog
The latter (assuming one accepts a broad definition of the term in question).
On my recent CO flights to/from HKG, they are at least 4-5 Chinese FAs on the flights - some are native Mandarin speakers, some native Cantonese speakers.
Here are a couple of the younger ones:
http://rkkwan.zenfolio.com/p463659465/?photo=75975848
http://rkkwan.zenfolio.com/p463659465/?photo=380471799