Ep. 109 | The History of Hong Kong (Part 9)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2013

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this week’s episode, we look at the year 1967 in Hong Kong. The words “riots” and “1967” go hand in hand when talking about Hong Kong history. Although the events that went down between May and December of 1967 caused death, mayhem, and destruction throughout the territory, when it was all over it led to a sea change in labor rights for Hong Kong workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Today we're going to focus on the 1967 riots in Hong Kong.
1:05.0	That year was one for the Hong Kong history books.
1:10.0	These days walking around the streets of Hong Kong or Kowloon. It's hard to imagine a mere 46 years ago.
1:16.5	Bombs were going off in the streets and Hong Kong people were dumping their
1:20.4	property and were giving up and getting out.
1:23.2	You see, the Cultural Revolution was by now in 1967 at a full and rolling boil.
1:29.7	All the excitement going on in China with the Red Guards, the rallies, the shouting the It didn't stop at the border. The whole thing wafted into Hong Kong as well.
1:46.0	And although the majority of people did not embrace the whole spirit of the cultural revolution,
1:51.0	you couldn't help but notice what was going on.
1:54.6	The leftist in Hong Kong were plentiful,
1:57.5	but by no means a majority.
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