Political resistance in the marketplace: consumer activism in the Milk Tea Alliance

DSW Chan - Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Hong Kong, Thailand, and Myanmar experienced waves of pro-democracy
movements from 2019–2021. Similar political trajectories and democratic aspirations bound …

Redefining consumer nationalism: The ambiguities of shopping yellow during the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB movement

YT Li, K Whitworth - Journal of Consumer Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
An iconic characteristic of Hong Kong's social unrest in 2019 was the establishment of the so-
called “yellow economic circle”—a networked system of retailers and consumers linked by …

“Not me” consumer justifications for not reporting suspected price‐fixing activities: Neutralization techniques & counterstrategies

P Wong, M Vanharanta, C Wan… - Journal of Consumer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Price‐fixing, an anti‐competitive activity by firms, raises consumer prices, limits consumer
choices, and violates the law. Drawing on the neutralization theory, this study aims to …

Adaptation and resilience: How pro-democracy protesters respond to autocratisation in Hong Kong

FLF Lee, S Yuen, GKY Tang - Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Since the end of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti-ELAB) protests, Hong Kong
has experienced rapid autocratisation. While many pro-democracy citizens had opted for …

Digital activism and citizenship: a case study of “yellow” food influencers and political consumerism in Hong Kong

VSW Mak, AKY Poon - Food, Culture & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Political consumerism is widely assumed to have a positive relationship with civic and
political engagement, and much scholarly work has argued that marketplace-based politics …

The same old same old? Three proposals for advancing the study of internet and contentious politics in China

J Liu - Communication and the Public, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Observers of the Chinese political landscape have noted significant changes with the
widespread adoption of the internet. Existing studies on the internet and contentious politics …

Reinvented acts of citizenship in Hong Kong: young people's pursuit of democracy through autonomy in everyday life

LL Lam - City, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the political imaginaries of youth activists in Hong Kong in the period
between the Umbrella Movement of 2014 and the mass protests that began in 2019 …

All we need is love? Irreconcilable political incongruence in families after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong

BYM Yu, C Lam, CS Chan - Political Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Political disagreement with family members can have a deleterious impact on familial
relationships, but the long‐term consequences are understudied. This study examined the …

Environmentalism in photovoltaics substitution, nationalism in photovoltaics rivalry and youth's choice of solar power banks in Lanzhou

Y Zha, J Jin - International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate how environmentalism in photovoltaic (PV)
substitution and nationalism in PV rivalry with the USA are associated with the trade-offs …

A reflection on Hong Kong's yellow economic circle

T Pit Hok-yau - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Emerged from the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement in 2019, the yellow
economic circle (YEC) is the first ever widely adopted political consumerism in post …