Beyblade battles drive up sales at Hong Kong malls, but how long will the trend last?

The sharp clatter of spinning metal tops, cheers, sighs of frustration and shouts of “three, two, one … Go shoot!” echo across a shopping centre in Hong Kong’s New Territories on a weekday. In shops across Tuen Mun Town Plaza, children, teens and young adults hunch over small plastic battle arenas, unleashing their tops into the “Beystadiums” in head-to-head competitions where the top that remains