Recently the "patriotic mood" has dwindled. People become increasingly antipathic towards mainland. Even those participating the memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests get labelled as "Chinese nationalists".
2020 June 29, 郝子雨, quoting 王耀宗 [Wong Yiu-chung], “什麼是香港「真.本土」?為何與「分離主義」畫上等號?”, in 《香港01》 [HK01][3]:
Our generation are called "Chinese nationalists" by youngsters nowadays. I also heard that some students called me this behind my back when I was teaching in the LingU. Ha ha ha.
2021 November 10, 惠楚生, “自稱「大中華膠」 救助泰北孤軍四十年 曾醒明的另類家國情懷”, in 《明報周刊》 [Ming Pao Weekly][4]:
He yearns for Sun Yat-sen's republican spirit, and calls him the "father of China". He also unashamedly admitted that he is a Chinese nationalist that strongly opposes to Taiwan and Tibet independence.