Hong Kong retailers forge new path without mainland Chinese tourists
Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.
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Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.
In a city that once boasted some of the world's highest retail rents, the market has cratered.
Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.
Even this neighborhood, the sherman park neighborhood. one of the things that happened is will smith was shot about two blocks away from the gas station. and then later that evening basically it just got crazy. >> on august 13th, 2016 the police shot and killed 23-year-old savill smith. that night around 100 protesters came to sherman park to be near the site of saville smith's killing and things got hectic. a local gas station, an auto parts store, and a bank were all burned down. >> everyone is kind of aware of what happened with the self unrest, but people don't know what led up to that. th...