Nearly a dozen independent Lunar New Year fairs have sprung up across Hong Kong after in January 2020 the city’s government introduced new rules banning the sale of dry goods, including politically themed products in a bid to ease tensions amid the ongoing protests. Hoping to raise money and morale for their cause, the alternative markets offer protest-themed art and products. Some pro-democracy groups have been ordered to close their stalls at government-run fairs, which for the first time…