AP Photos: Hong Kong's "yellow" stores support protests
Posted December 16, 2019 6:00 am
HONG KONG (AP) - Nicknamed "yellow shops," they make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because of it.
These are stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement.
They include eateries, bars and other businesses. There's even an adult store offering a free sex toy to customers who can produce a receipt showing they have donated to the protest movement.
Pro-protest stores often set aside space for people to post notes expressing their views.
Some play "Glory to Hong Kong," a protest anthem, over loudspeakers.
Others hand out free drinks to marchers during rallies.
Many demonstrators and people who back the movement now use apps to help them locate these pro-protest "yellow stores."
They say they're hoping to create a "yellow economy" - a network of stores that will help fund and support the protest movement for a long-haul struggle with the Hong Kong government.
In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, customers eat lunch at a noodle shop decorated with pro-protest posters in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, customers line up at a tea shop lined with a "Lennon wall" of pro-protest notes in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 photo, a worker carries plates of hamburgers at a restaurant past a stuffed frog doll that has become a symbol of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 photo, a woman looks at pro-democracy posters on the outside of a restaurant in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, a waiter walks up steps past a "Lennon wall" of pro-protest notes at a restaurant in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 photo, customers sit near stuffed frog dolls that have become a symbol of pro-democracy protesters at a restaurant in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, customers look at slogans on a "Lennon wall" of pro-protest notes at a tea shop in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 photo, pro-democracy slogans are displayed on the head of pints of beer at a bar in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, a customer closes a sliding door at a restaurant decorated with pro-protest posters in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 photo, Pro-protest notes are displayed on a "Lennon wall" at a tea shop in Hong Kong. Stores that have come out in open support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, nicknamed "yellow shops," make their politics plain and are winning customers in protest-hit Hong Kong because it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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