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Author: Gary Ka–wai Cheung
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.396kg
ISBN: 9789622090897
ISBN 10: 9622090893
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language: English
Reviews
The 1967 riots were a historical watershed for Hong Kong. Condemned 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
The 1967 riots were a historical watershed for Hong Kong. Condemned 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
The 1967 riots were a historical watershed for Hong Kong. Condemned 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
Author Information
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.
