Scores of white-shirted leftists from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Committee for Anti-Hong Kong British Persecution Struggle recite quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong outside Government House. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Scores of white-shirted leftists from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Committee for Anti-Hong Kong British Persecution Struggle recite quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong outside Government House. Photo: SCMP Pictures
China /  Politics

When the Cultural Revolution spilled over into riots in Hong Kong – and changed lives forever

A labour dispute at an artificial flower factory in San Po Kong triggered riots which claimed 51 lives, 15 through bomb attacks on the streets

Gary Cheung
Gary Cheung

Updated: 12:57am, 11 Jun, 2016

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Scores of white-shirted leftists from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Committee for Anti-Hong Kong British Persecution Struggle recite quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong outside Government House. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Scores of white-shirted leftists from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Committee for Anti-Hong Kong British Persecution Struggle recite quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong outside Government House. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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