article_snippet: It was the latest in a series of angry protests that have seen brawls erupt in humdrum shopping malls, with demonstrators singling out the "parallel traders" who crowd into Hong Kong to purchase tax-free products and then resell them for a profit back in China.
article_snippet: Previously there were a lot of indigenous places like restaurants, but all of a lot of indigenous places like restaurants have closed," said Suen, standing across from a store selling baby milk powder - the top item on many Chinese tourists' shopping lists.
article_snippet: A series of food scandals -- most notably in 2008 when melamine-tainted milk powder caused infant deaths across China -- led to shortages of baby milk formula in Hong Kong as Chinese flocked to buy up the city's supplies.
article_snippet: It's normal for people to spend money and shop here, why are people protesting?" said a Chinese tourist waiting at a bus stop to get away from the angry crowds.
article_snippet: our're just here to shop.