article_snippet: Hong Kong (CNN)"Go back home!"
article_snippet: These were just some of the insults hurled at Chinese shoppers Sunday as hundreds of Hong Kongers surged through through the old neighborhood of Yuen Long, an area close to the city's border with China.
article_snippet: I've grown up here, and ever since a lot of Chinese started coming into Hong Kong, things have changed," said Suen, a law student who only gave her surname.
article_snippet: Tensions have long been simmering between Hong Kong and the motherland, and parallel trading is just one of the thorny issues brought about by the influx of mainland Chinese to the city.
article_snippet: According to the Global Property Guide, developers say as much as 40% of new home buyers are from China.
article_snippet: In a speech last Tuesday,  the city's pro-Beijing leader C.Y. Leung announced that the city's pro-Beijing leader C.Y. Leung would examine restricting mainland visitors, acknowledging the pressure the crowds have had on the everyday lives of Hong Kong residents.
article_snippet: When the permit controversy comes down to the permit controversy, it's simple: Many Hong Kongers just don't feel very Chinese.
article_snippet: According to a recent survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the number of Hong Kong residents identifying primarily as "Chinese" has dipped to an all-time low since the former British colony was returned to Chinese control in 1997.
article_snippet: The majority of respondents said The majority of respondents were "Hong Kongers first, and also Chinese.
article_snippet: Earlier in 2012, plans to add Chinese civic education into the Hong Kong public school curriculum caused an uproar, resulting in a city-wide protest with locals claiming it would "brainwash" school children with pro-mainland propaganda.
article_snippet: Hong Kong, ruled under China's principle of "One country, two systems," means Hong Kong is a officially part of China, but is allowed rights and freedoms unseen in other Chinese cities.
article_snippet: That's why people in Hong Kong feel an increasing sense of resentment and helplessness when it comes to solving the complex, growing rift between people in Hong Kong city and mainland China.
article_snippet: A small but growing minority of disgruntled activists go as far as to say Hong Kong should not belong to China at all.
article_snippet: We Hong Kong people have We Hong Kong people own culture, We Hong Kong people have We Hong Kong people own currency, We Hong Kong people have all the requirements to build a country." said Julian Li, a member of a radical pro-Hong Kong group.
article_snippet: Many mainland Chinese are bewildered by the anger directed at Many mainland Chinese.
article_snippet: There's definitely an element of discrimination against mainlanders here.
article_snippet: I'm not saying everyone is like that in Hong Kong, but there are certain people who are very prejudiced," She added.
article_snippet: Another Chinese resident who makes weekly visits to relatives in the city said Another Chinese resident who makes weekly visits to relatives in the city friends have considered boycotting Hong Kong altogether.
article_snippet: My friends on WeChat say, don't come to Hong Kong, let's burn our travel permits," Another Chinese resident who makes weekly visits to relatives in the city said as Another Chinese resident who makes weekly visits to relatives in the city thumbed through the receipts of Another Chinese resident who makes weekly visits to relatives in the city latest purchases.
highlights_snippet: Hong Kong protests highlight rift between the city and mainland China .
  
highlights_snippet: But Hong Kong protests points at a deeper  issue about Hong Kong identity .