Ninety percent of the Hong Kong protesters said in a survey that they are going to fight it out with officials even if they will have to stage their daily protests for more than a year.

In an informal Reuters survey conducted last Tuesday, nine out of ten protesters said they were ready to stay on the streets for more than a year, calling on the government to heed their demands for a full democracy.

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For nearly a month of protests, thousands of  student leaders have managed to barricade and set up semi-permanent structures in Hong Kong's financial and important political districts and have established occupation zones to counter China's tightening grip on the region.

The "umbrella" movement, named after the umbrella being used by the protesters as a shield from police pepper spray, has become the most problematic challenge China is facing since the crush of the Tiananmen Square democracy protests in 1989.

The Reuters survey, which was conducted on two major protest sites, showed that an overwhelming majority of the student-led protesters  continued to be defiant .The survey was conducted on the first month of the demonstrations.

The poll showed that 87 percent were willing to stick it out with the campaign for more than a year while 93 percent said that should police drive them away, they will regroup and re-launch fresh street protests in other parts of the city.

The ongoing pro-democracy protests have already persisted beyond expectations, defying numerous odds such as attacks from riot police and hostile mobs.

The student leaders have been demanding their right to choose a leader of their own in the 2017 election.

China has reiterated that the law does not provide for what the protesters have been fighting for. China would only allow pre-screened candidates by a 1,200-member committee which, according to the protesters, would be full of Beijing loyalists.

China's increasing hold on Hong Kong has been the motivating factor of their protests, according to 59 percent of those surveyed.

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