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Check out the 1967 Hong Kong protests. The UK directed their appointed governor to suppress the protests. Over 50 protestors were killed and hundreds more inju

• ardy42 6y ago
  > Check out the 1967 Hong Kong protests. The UK directed their appointed governor to suppress the protests. You mean these? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/ching-cheong-hong-kong-revolution.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/ching-cheong-hong...: > The May 6 riot was started by the local chapter of the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.), which hoped to bring the colonial government to its knees. The year before, its counterpart had done just that with the Portuguese authorities in Macau, becoming the de facto ruler there.... > The local C.C.P. created more terror by issuing a list of people targeted for assassination. These included a senior Chinese official in the British administration, a top business leader, a representative of the landed class and Louis Cha Leung-yung, the publisher of Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper that had criticized the riot. Lam Bun, an outspoken radio broadcaster who had also condemned the disturbances, was burned to death, along with his cousin, on the way to work.... > Sino-British relations came to a standstill. According to a highly reputable source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, it appears that Zhou Enlai, the Chinese premier, asked Mao Zedong if he intended to claim Hong Kong back from Britain. Mao said that it wasn’t time and that he would honor the treaties China had signed allowing Britain to rule Hong Kong until 1997. Zhou then ordered an immediate halt to the riot in Hong Kong.