The politics of protest was a running theme at Lunar New Year fairs in Hong Kong this week as stall holders sold T-shirts, tattoo transfers, tote bags and coasters bearing slogans popularized during months of pro-democracy demonstrations.
Often-violent protests, sparked by a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, have persisted in Hong Kong for more than seven months, and the long lines at the fairs showed they retain broad popular support.
At one market in the prime Causeway Bay shopping district there was a shooting gallery where visitors could fire foam pellets at cut-out images of unpopular pro-Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Chinese President Xi Jinping.