HK protests lay minefield for business
Hong Kong
HONG Kong's protesters have laid a minefield for big business. The city's democracy debate is a deeply divisive issue. For companies, keeping quiet is less risky than expressing an opinion guaranteed to irk customers and staff or strain relations with Beijing. It's even harder for individual employees who must tread a blurry line between free speech and corporate interests.
Before the movement took off a month ago, many business leaders were happy to predict that protests would bring chaos. The Big Four accounting firms even took out joint advertisements in local newspapers warning that disruption could shake Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre.
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