The process by which this took place was through aggregating the votes of 1,194 Hong Kong notables in what was referred to as an "election," though that should be taken under advisement. What do the Hong Kong people think? Today however, the phrase "Hong Kong is not China" makes a frequent appearance on protest signs, but again, seems to express an idea of Hong Kong in terms of what it is not, rather than a sense of what it really means to be a citizen of Hong Kong. This idea of being caught between worlds was neatly captured in a series of football games between Hong Kong and China in 2015, where the Hong Kong fans committed the unpardonable sin of booing the Chinese national anthem. Afterwards, some Chinese commentators openly suggested that Hong Kong should have let China win as it would be unpatriotic to do otherwise.

Source: Forbes March 27, 2017 03:00 UTC