In pictures: Hong Kong 'parallel trade' protests
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Angry protests have taken place in a shopping centre in Hong Kong against mainlanders who visit the territory to shop.
Hong Kong residents have long complained about mainlanders buying up goods at lower tax rates and then selling them on at home at a profit, so-called parallel trading.
They say this leaves Hong Kongers with a shortage of basic supplies and pushes up the cost of goods, while also accusing the mainlanders of bad behaviour.
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- 1 July 2014
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- 29 May 2014