Lunar New Year festivities turned violent in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district as police came out to enforce new city regulations on illegal food vending. Tensions were compounded when an officer fired two warning shots into the air at 2 a.m. on Tuesday. CDT is following the story as it develops.
Cartoonists in Hong Kong and beyond have responded in support of the protests, which echo the Occupy Central movement against Beijing’s encroachment on the autonomy of the special administrative region. Many artists juxtapose images of pistols with skewered fishballs, a popular street snack and the source of the hashtag #FishballRevolution (#魚蛋革命) on Twitter.
“Don’t move, raise your hands, put down your weapons” https://t.co/Nyh8neHb7I #FishBallRevolution #魚蛋革命 #mongkok #hk pic.twitter.com/CkfpUxvHpo
— Brandon (@b3108) February 8, 2016
The Fishball Revolution (Badiucao)
(ChuTungHok)
Just wanna have fishball…#fishballrevolution #年初一冇得食魚蛋#魚蛋革命 #whatishappeninginHK pic.twitter.com/9CvuBL8KPE
— SOLAR system (@SKY468) February 9, 2016
Hong Kong police: Powerless to save kidnapped publisher Lee Bo, out in full force against the fishballs. (Dim Sum Graphics)
執法者在人群中用彈頭點起炮仗最難忘的年初二
Posted by 100毛 on Monday, February 8, 2016
