themselves from an employee showing solidarity with the demonstrators jar jeans which owns the mandarin oriental hotel group issued statements backing the hong kong police. other big firms may also bend to chinese pressure this month just b.c. us to chief executive john flint the bank had been in chinese crosshairs over its perceived role in the u.s. prosecution of huawei c.f.o. among one joe. so the big companies distanced themselves from the protesters keen to stay in beijing's good books that some smaller businesses in hong kong are proving to be more subversive one even leading political slogans on sweet treats. inside the sweet taste of lotus seeds on the outside politics chinese science spell out no withdrawal no dispersal or simply hong kong people both recent protests slogans heard on the streets of the aged metropolis one hong kong baker has adopted the slogans for their handmade moon cakes and the more than just decoration. they really represent our voices they reflect the actual situation. and there's historic precedent for the political pastry some 800 years ago cakes were used by ming revolutio

themselves from an employee showing solidarity with the demonstrators jar deans which owns the mandarin oriental hotel group issued statements backing the hong kong police other big firms may also bend to chinese pressure this month hey just b.c. us to chief executive john flint the bank had been in chinese crosshairs over its perceived role in the us prosecution of huawei c.f.o. among one joe. from beijing you are now joined by journalist elliott zak went oh yes what are you hearing there is there more pressure on other companies. well we are we did hear about the the big 4 there and they are being pressured to either tell their base they tell their employees to shut up or get out i don't know if they were hearing also things like that there was a lot of pressure being put on italian and european fashion brands to change their their websites to make sure that they left hong kong as a as a part of china and not an independent country well it's a tricky thing how well companies having that will more western corporations just sawdust off who just exercise their democratic rights for peaceful protests i think