A lot, probably most of the tradestores in PNG are owned and run by Asians. What gets to a lot of the PNG folk is that they also operate little kai-bars and small businesses. “That’s ours to run! “. Well, shit hit the fan and after riots and looting In Moresby, and in Lae, yesterday the unrest hit Kainantu. All shops were looted. And right on schedule it hit Goroka today. Big mob out this morning, just waiting for the first rock to be thrown as a starting sign to go crazy. In West some teargas grenades could not prevent Bintangor getting hit. Shops at the market are ‘done’ already.
Read an article from The National for a bit more background ‘PNG style’. Better written and with a bit more history is the BBC report.