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Why Starbucks? The brands attacked in Hong Kong
... of The Shanghai Commercial Bank is not mainland-owned but - despite its name - with its headquarters in Hong Kong...
Why Starbucks? The brands attacked in Hong Kong
A worker cleans graffiti in a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Hong Kong on 30 September
Broken Glass , fires, and smash the barricades: images of Hong Kong in the last few days look like random chaos.
But in The Middle of the violence, most of the activists are deliberately about the places they attack.
So, why are the protesters targeting Starbucks? And the U-Bahn? And certain shops, restaurants and banks?
- There are obvious goals.Hong Kong is complex, But largely in support of the protesters and their anti-Beijing stance, and supporters of the mainland split in those.
So, when peaceful protests turned into violence against the property, the large mainland companies such as Bank of China and tech company Xiaomi has been Targets for vandalism and spray-painting.
But other, less obvious places are also in the Firing Line .
Why Starbucks?While Starbucks may operate a U.S. brand, the Hong Kong franchise, is from a local company, Maxim's caterers.
Annie Wu , The Daughter of the Maxim group, founder, recently, the Hong Kong Police defended and criticized the activists as "radical protesters".
she made her comments with billionaire businesswoman Pansy Ho , the representative of the Hong Kong Federation of Women, the United Nations Human Rights Council, on 11. September.
The two criticized "a small group of radical protesters" via "systematic and calculated violence".
So, the demonstrators started, the management of your anger against, Maxim ' s, and the Franchise operates.
The Restaurant Group is one of Hong Kong 's largest, and also other brands such as Genki Sushi , and Arome bakery, which is also targeted.
Maxim's caterers issued a statement to satisfy that Ms Wu "does not have a position in The Company ," and not in entrepreneurial decisions - But so far this did not work protesters.
Hong Kong 's protests - the most important factsthe Japanese fast Food Chain Yoshinoya has also come in the cross-hairs.
there was confusion on a Facebook Post - which some read as coded criticism of The Police , The Operator of the Hong Kong franchise, said he supports The Police and the government.
Before long, Yoshinoya restaurants had smashed their Windows and graffiti everywhere on the walls.
the triads Are involved?a Further targeted brand Best Mart 360, a chain of small grocery stores. It is an example of the divisions within the Hong Kong population.
the head of The Best Mart 360 is Hugo Lam Chi-fung, permanent honorary President of Hong Kong Federation of Fujian associations, which already has several demonstrations in support of China.
Fujian is a Chinese province, and many of the inhabitants migrated to Hong Kong over The Years . Hong Kong 's fujianese community has been clamoring The City supports The Police .
the demonstrations led to clashes with activists, who accused their opponents of being part of the Fujian triad gangs, is a form of organized crime.
has published the Best Mart 360 several statements that triad no connection to Fujian.
The triad's claim was also a community around a mahjong house in a part of The City is the home of the fujianese. Mahjong is a Chinese tile game, played socially.
The Yi Pei Square house was accused of hiding pro-Beijing thugs, attacked the local residents.
The Salon has released a statement to say that you are not fujianese, and to be, in fact, the support of the protesters demands.
Mix-ups and excusedThere have also been cases where places have Based The Target of the activists' anger to erroneous assumptions of China relations.
of The Shanghai Commercial Bank is not mainland-owned But - despite its name - with its headquarters in Hong Kong .
The Yifang Bubble Tea chain was in the wrong country associated with the firm, when in fact, it is from Taiwan.
In both cases, the protesters are unjustly targeted outlets, only to later issue an apology, and in some cases even help with the cleanup.
to avoid such mix-ups and co-ordinate the action, the activists also have a color-coding.
The colors of black, red and blue are used to distinguish online a place, spay-painting or just boycott it beating in between.
In the case of transactions intended to support the protests, you support is highlighted in yellow with a call active.
So why target Public Transport ?the stations along the Hong Kong MTR metro system repeatedly attacked, vandalised or even set fire to during the riots.
The MTR is privatized, with the government of Hong Kong as the largest shareholder.
protesters set frequent fire to the MTR stationsIn mid-August, The Operator was criticized by Chinese state media for the support for "rioters" to move and protest across The City .
After that, the MTR began to shut down certain stations, before the people could gather for demonstrations. At one point, the entire network was shut down.
activists accuse even, The Operator of the allegedly help The Police to arrest the protesters, and of non-compliance to the release of CCTV footage of the alleged Police Brutality .
Further message from Lam Cho Wai,
hong kong anti-government protests, starbucks, hong kong extradition bill, china, hong kong
Source of news: bbc.com
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