HONG KONG.

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Fandi nuchao ("The Raging Tide of Anti-Imperialism"). First edition, recording the feverish protests whipped up by left-wing activists in Hong Kong in 1967. Despite the bluster from Beijing, privately Mao and other communist leaders were extremely keen to see the territory, an important trading partner, remain in British hands.Following the explosive beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China, mainland Chinese operatives in Hong Kong infiltrated labour disputes and demonstrations over conditions to fan the flames of anti-British sentiment. The photographs show large gatherings, arrests, and a plethora of Maoist slogans.

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