McDonald’s was an enormous hit when it arrived in Hong Kong in 1975. There were crowds, yes, a

McDonald’s was an enormous hit when it arrived in Hong Kong in 1975. There were crowds, yes, and a large part of that was novelty buyers curious about a new thing, but mostly, it’s because there was no real public space in the colony, few parks and so on, no places for things like old people to sit someplace and have a calm cup of coffee or play chess.