2020-12-29 10:36:07 GMT2020-12-29 18:36:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
People visit a chain store of the Hong Kong-based snack retail chain Best Mart 360° at Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaochu)
HONG KONG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ah-fan swiftly tidied up the warehouse and took a breather in her chair. While relaxing, she leaned a little bit forward, as if being ready for a race.
"I watched the demonstrations closely and always ran first during last year's social unrest," recalled the 48-year-old manager of a retail chain. Her job was to predict rioters' next move and protect her company's stores, although she sometimes was tear-gassed, or was blocked by demonstrators.