Young Hong Kong soccer fans turn their backs on the pitch, with some holding up an independence banner, as the national anthem plays before a 2019 Asian Cup qualification match with Malaysia, on October 10. Photo: Dickson Lee
Young Hong Kong soccer fans turn their backs on the pitch, with some holding up an independence banner, as the national anthem plays before a 2019 Asian Cup qualification match with Malaysia, on October 10. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong’s youth must stop demonising China to have a brighter future

Nixie Lam says prejudice towards mainland China and turning a blind eye to its phenomenal growth are self-defeating for the younger generation in Hong Kong, when they can gain so much from the special connection

Young Hong Kong soccer fans turn their backs on the pitch, with some holding up an independence banner, as the national anthem plays before a 2019 Asian Cup qualification match with Malaysia, on October 10. Photo: Dickson Lee
Young Hong Kong soccer fans turn their backs on the pitch, with some holding up an independence banner, as the national anthem plays before a 2019 Asian Cup qualification match with Malaysia, on October 10. Photo: Dickson Lee
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