Some Hong Kong residents are using apps to look for businesses backing protests in a bid to support them.
Phone apps have popped up showing maps of businesses believed to be supporting the protests, as well as those that are not.
While most businesses want to stay out of politics, many have faced declining sales — partially as a result of a 40% decline in visitor numbers in the second half of 2019. Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are building a 'yellow' economy, by profiling businesses that support their cause.Those who scan a QR code on a sticker on the window will be directed to a Google Map, which reveals yellow and blue businesses around the city.
"I heard some pros and cons of this so-called yellow economic circle, but then I see it in a more positive way as people gain more solidarity through economic ways," said Lin On Yeung, a curator of the store.
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