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    A new protest generation in Hong Kong takes on China. Will Beijing let them win?

    by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Jul 06, 2019 5 minutes

    BEIJING - A new young protest generation in Hong Kong has exposed China's failure to win over Hong Kongers - young or old - a trend that has shown up in surveys for years.

    As they confront the world's most powerful authoritarian state, few believe that they can win - but their willingness to risk jail to protect Hong Kong freedoms has laid bare the problems of China's Hong Kong policy.

    Simply put, most Hong Kongers feel alienated from China: Only 3.1% of young Hong Kongers aged 18-29 think of themselves as Chinese, according to a 2017 survey by the University of Hong Kong.

    Some 71% of Hong Kongers told the university's researchers last month they are not proud to be part of China, but 90% of young people felt that way. The percentage of people identifying as Chinese sank to a record

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