Clothing brand must come clean on HK 'strike'

ON MONDAY, demonstrators in Hong Kong called for a "strike", asking schools, shops, and factories to close for one day in "protest" against the local government. Their call elicited little response from Hong Kong residents, but some outlets of clothing brand Zara kept their shutters down. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Some photographs on social media networks show some Zara outlets were closed on Monday, prompting some people to reportedly ask Zara to explain why they were closed.

Zara issued a "statement" on Monday night via its micro blog account, saying it has always supported the territorial integrity of China and the "one country, two systems", and "never supported any strike". So why were some of its outlets closed?