Hong Kong wasn’t a democracy when the British ruled. There were also anti-government riots in 1967 after which the HK police force became even more brutal.
How many people were killed in protests whilst Hong Kong was under British control?
And how many since its been under Chinese control?
Honestly, I dont blame anyone in the West for not knowing. Why would they? Were not told
Instead, we're told by wealthy Brits it was a utopia.
And how many since its been under Chinese control?
Honestly, I dont blame anyone in the West for not knowing. Why would they? Were not told
Instead, we're told by wealthy Brits it was a utopia.
Hong Kong in 60-70s when people "demonstrated" to return to mainland "communism". Interestingly the death toll produced by the British controlled police went up to 50 people while the 2019 riots direct deaths was 0.
Hong Kong is a better place today back to China . Under the British, there were no elections nor democracy. Many were shot dead on the first day the 1967 Hong Kong riots. Corruptions in the Civil Service were also rampant then.
Like a burst of spring thunder China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution arrived in Hong Kong in May 1967. The catalyst was a strike at a factory which made plastic flowers – one of the colony’s biggest exports at the time.
Labour disputes were not uncommon in Hong Kong, nor
Labour disputes were not uncommon in Hong Kong, nor
were violent clashes between workers and police. This time, however, there was a political element. The Little Red Book of Mao’s Thought was everywhere, along with loud and violent calls to overthrow “British fascism, imperialism and tyranny.”
Bloody clashes between demonstrators and police outside Government House on 22 May led to 167 arrests and prompted David Bonavia, The Times of London’s Hong Kong stringer, to observe that the worlds of Mao and Somerset Maugham had come face to face – and both had retired baffled
By the time the unrest had subsided, 51 people – including 5 police officers – had been killed. 5000 had been arrested, 15 were killed in bombings and another 350 were injured.
As the city prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its return to China, the 55th anniversary of the 1967 riots is being treated less joyously. But as dark as those British made tragic events were, we should not ignore them.
British colonial misrule in May 1967 with labour unrest agitated by the local chapter of the Communist Party. With the objective of seizing power, eight months of rioting and bombings followed that took 51 lives and injured more than 800.
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