Hong Kong's Watershed - The 1967 Riots
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Hong Kong's Watershed - The 1967 Riots by Gary Cheung
The book provides an account of the 1967 riots in Hong Kong and the social background to the disturbances. It also details the impact of the riots, ranging from forcing the colonial government to introduce long overdue social reforms and adjust its governing strategy to reinforcing the cleavage between the left wing and the mainstream society.
The 1967 riots were a historical watershed for Hong KongCondemned by official verdict as terrorist acts of zealots, but praised by some in the leftist camp as struggles against colonial oppression, these uprisings have since been treated as political taboo and seldom revisited. Gary Cheung's original book in Chinese attempted to provide a more human account of that political upheaval. This English edition should be much welcomed by readers who are interested in a chapter of the real history of modern Hong Kong. -- Anthony B. L. Cheung, President of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, and Member of Hong Kong's Executive Council
Gary Ka-wai Cheung has been a journalist since 1991. He worked as a reporter at Sing Tao Daily, Overseas Chinese Daily, Yazhou Zhoukan and South China Morning Post, covering fields ranging from politics, education and integration between Hong Kong and the mainland. He is currently an associate news editor at the South China Morning Post. His interests in the 1967 riots began in 1996 and he published Inside Story of the 1967 Riots in 2000 (in Chinese). He won the Human Rights Press Award (Magazine Division) presented by the Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Amnesty International in 1998.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789622090897 |
| ISBN 10 | 9622090893 |
| Title | Hong Kong's Watershed - The 1967 Riots |
| Author | Gary Cheung |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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