The reason that many Hongkonger transfer their identity from "chinese" to "Hongkonger" is due to the lack of freedom of speech and democracy.
Before 1989 massacre and the rule of Hk from 1997 until today, all southern chinese including myself believed "I'm a Chinese".
However,the country did not provide any well policy and democratic system to us,that's why many Cantonese and Hongkonger hate the Beijing Government and disappointed to be a "Chinese".
From Bronze Period to the recent day, the records of the civil war between Chinese is the twice of the war we against the foreigner,it figured out we could only kill our compatriot and even our brothers,that why I rejected to be a Chinese.
We had been contribute and love this country,but the result is not accounted by our contribution and passion to this country.
Being a Chinese is insulting me,