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Dissenting Dollars: Hong Kong Protest’s Shopping Movement


Dissenting Dollars: Hong Kong Protest’s Shopping Movement
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Anti-government protests in Hong Kong have taken on an economic angle, with followers of the movement designating businesses by their loyalties and giving them color codes. Yellow -- a color that in Chinese culture traditionally symbolizes royalty and courage, and was also the color of the 2014 pro-democracy “umbrella movement” -- designates a supportive business. Protesters are encouraged to avoid -- and have in fact vandalized -- businesses painted with the less-popular blue color. VOA’s Anita Powell visited one such “yellow” business and brings us this report.

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