But that is not the only reason customers flock to these eateries in Hong Kong’s bustling Causeway Bay shopping district.
Families and businesses have cleaved, sometimes forcefully, between those who believe Beijing must be compelled to carry out promised reforms and those who worry that the democracy crusade is destroying Hong Kong’s reputation as a stable financial capital.“I’m yellow, but my parents are blue,” said Lau, the fish ball noodle seller. “A lot of families are like that.”
“We want to show the Chinese Communist Party that Hong Kong people can be economically self-sufficient through the yellow economic circle,” Liu said. “We want to put pressure on blue shops to close.” Yet months of unrest, along with the trade war between the U.S. and China, have battered Hong Kong’s economy, which entered recession last year. In the central business district, police officers fired live bullets and arrested unarmed schoolgirls. On university campuses, students lobbed firebombs with homemade catapults. Tear gas has been unleashed in all but two of Hong Kong’s 18 districts.
Small-business owners, whose operations make up the bulk of Hong Kong’s enterprises, are bearing the brunt of the downturn, even as they contend with some of the highest rents in the world. Economic analysts fear for the city’s future. The battle has gone online, too. Ken Leung helped create WhatsGap, a popular app in Hong Kong that maps businesses that are considered yellow, helping them draw customers.
join YellowEconomicCircle and BoycottChina attend ABC_challenge not to buy ChineseProducts
That's scary
it’s perfectly legal to exercise our freedom to choose which shop we like to spend our money on YellowEconomicCircle
Stop buying from blue shop and China 🇨🇳 ✋ antichinazi YellowEconomicCircle
This is not a political but a morality issue. I think anyone who claim to be neutral are just digging their heads in the sand. 'StandwithHongKong by boycotting Chinese products & firms. Ur support matters!' SanctionChinaCCP 5DemandsNot1Less
Businesses in YellowEconomicCircle are recognised because they represent real HongKongers who believe in universal values and conscience. Of course we spend money and time on things that make us happy. StandWithHongKong
We support “yellow” shops because we support justice and human rights.
BEAR IN MIND that purchasing pro-Beijing products/services means funding CCP's violation on human rights of Uyghurs & Hongkongers😷😷 To safeguard human rights from totalitarian's invasion, please support YellowEconomicCircle to show your support to HK👊🏼🔥 StandWithHongKong
The logic of YellowEconomicCircle is just the same as boycotting products tested on animal👍We BoycottChina becoz of their serious human rights violation, and we support all pro-democracy business🔥🔥Every dollar we spend does mean a lot!! Join us & StandwithHongKong
The blue gets polices support while the yellow stores get attacked repeatedly and suspect got let go.
In time you have to choose one side. We have no weapons to fight against hkpolicebrutality but keep supporting YellowEconomicCircle. More importantly, we have to say NO to CCP StandWithHongKong
Although it takes time to search the yellow restaurant for dinner, it worth to do it. Compare to those sacrificed, this job is not difficult.
Yes. This is another kind of protests to put pressure on the Hong Kong Government. They should respect people's free choices and listen to people's voices.
Yes! Our protests carry on in our daily living. We support all pro-democratic shops and boycott all corporations which are corrupted by dirty money of evil CCP!
A new economic module YellowEconomicCircle Fight for freedom in every single second. Here a yellow app :
We don't have a vote for our Chief Executive, but we can choose how to spend our money. Anywhere but China. AnywherebutChina YellowEconomicCircle
We have the freedom to choose how to spend our money to the retailers with same value YellowEconomicCircle
HongKong was doing very well before the riots, violence, vandalism and intimidation. Economy was good, MICE and visitor arrivals up. Since June, things have only got worse and there is more division than ever before. Sad to see one of the world's great cities damaged like this.
StandWithHongKong
When you see China & its puppets doing shady shit like hiring large group of gangster mob to beat up citizens at metro, spreading fake news to frame the protesters everyday, you know it's not only about political conflict, the Pro-Beijing camp is pure evil.
We only support the YellowEconomicCircle !
If you say something bad about CCP and hk government, you will be boycotted by China economically. It's really good idea for local HK to support our own economy against these boycotts!
octopusscity For sure Hong Kong people have their right to choose how they spend. They like this selling point.
Every time we pay its a vote to democracy!
Yellow and moral 💛 HongKong HongKongProtests YellowEconomicCircle
Yellow Shop - YES
Spending in the YellowEconomicCircle is our way to give the government the middle finger. However harsh the suppression is, HKers still have the freedom on how we spend out money, and show our defiance.
We buy from certain shops because we believe their food tastes better, their clothes look better, their products last longer, or simply bc they understand their customers. HKers buy from yellow shops because we believe in their philosophy-it’s all down to the freedom to choose.
When the dictator ignored how we peacefully asked for 5DemandsNot1Less including Universal Suffrage that we should have long ago & when they give us back HKPoliceBrutality to suppress us. We merged the protest into daily life via YellowEconomicCircle & BoycottChina!
People prefer to do biz with like-minded, and I certainly would avoid blue shops that support thugs, tyrant or police brutality
Can people use Google and Facebook in China? No! So CCP created their RED economy circle long time ago even they join WTO on 2001. Why can't we make a yellow one to resist them? YellowEconomicCircle StandWithHongKong 5DemandsNot1Less BoycottChina AnywherebutChina
For sure the yellow shop and the people support yellow shop has conscience! YellowEconomicCircle
No one hopes to witness such severe social divisions that are manifested in the economy. Nevertheless, what alternatives do HongKong citizens have, when the government never respond to citizens' demands? HongKongProtests
Support YellowEconomicCircle , say no to China capital. boycottChina, join ABC_challenge together! StandWithHongKong
Unless you are those who claims to be politically neutral (who is in fact, pro-CCP)
Hong Kongers put our spendings in the YellowEconomicCircle which support democracy protests. We won’t spend on the pro Beijing shops and restaurants which support totalitarian and police brutality.
We want our money goes to the right place and support freedom in our daily life
While the whole market has been dominated by Blue since forever, it’s time for us to spend our money wisely - on those who are on the same side, sharing the same value. Just like customers have al the rights to choose brands with anti-animal testing policy. Right?
We will not underestimate every dollar we spend that will add to our bargaining power against white terror shaded by CCP. We will not allow CCP control every part of our living, nor will the HK puppet govt.
Money become 'weapon' when the government does not hear to the voice of people.
Stop buying from Chinese corporations, this is a way to standwithhongkong
HKers freedom of speech is suppressed by government with dirty hand,we can only express our stance by spending money.
Let's join ABC_challenge Buy products made in AnywherebutChina BoycottMadeInChina to antichinazi Mopiko 無比膏 - Made in Japan
Why not? I have no power but money. Support YellowEconomicCircle is the right thing to do as real HongKongers
Blue thugs target on layman pro-democracy shops. But pro-democracy Hong Kong people will never afraid! We spend money as universal suffrage!
StandwithUyghurs StandWithHongKong StandWithHK PoliceState HSBC HongKong China_is_terrorist China CCP_is_terrorist BoycottChina
We merge the protest into our daily lives. Say no to CCP. Say no to police brutality.
Supporting YellowEconomicCircle to show our solidarity in fighting for freedom and democracy!
Spending money in YellowEconomicCircle can encourage owners to support our freedom fighters in their own ways. Also don’t want to spend a dollar in any China-funded brands. AnywherebutChina! We believe this is just another peaceful way to tell the world: we need freedom!
We support the business with conscience. StandwithHK
We can spend at our yellow shops while the pro-China cane spend at theirs, it is a fair game in a commercial environment.
It's all about Justice and freedom ~ antichinazi BoycottChina StandWithHongKong
CCP has controlled too much of the business in HK, hope it will not be too late.
BoycottMulan because she supports hkpolicebrutality!
The HongKong market has long been manipulated by pro-CCP business. Resources have been manipulated by them& citizens have no choices. So now,we support the Yellow Economic Circle.We welcome the business who have conscientious and voice out for democracy StandWithHongKong
Support yellow always
shiroihamusan pink no
FiveDemandsNotOneLess StandWithHongKong
Why should we spend in pro-CCP shops and give money for them to support oppression on Uyghurs, Tibetans and ourselves HKers? YellowEconomicCircle is not only about politics, but more about human rights AnywherebutChina
Pro-china economic circle is formed already for years and YellowEconomicCircle as a resistance faces oppression from the CCP, how totalitarian CCP is
Yellow for sure
I like what the man said, it’s not about yellow and blue, it’s about black and white, right an wrong the rioters need to give up the criminal aspects, stop attacking innocents HongKongProtesters HongKong HKPoliceState
ANT1FLAG And only one side gets terrorised. By who?
Yellow Gang
Thats one crazy dangerous way of getting your business gutted by either side. Scary af.
I know which side i'll be going to next time i visit. NOT the side thats pro-WhiteSupremacy
I can see the Police now-- 911 Call --are you labeled blue mam? Lady umm no--Pollice-- K Bye Felica!🤣💯🤣
The Swedes should start exporting their flag... Catch the entire market.
TeamYellow
It's not about yellow or blue. It's about conscience and humanity. AnywherebutChina ABC_challenge HongKongProtests
its crazy when democracy have lead to these levels....is it democracy or they failed to interpret it
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