Week 9: Roaring Sixties

Economic Growth – GDP (per capita) . . . e.g., Nan Fung Cotton Mills 南豐紗廠 (1954–2008; founded by Chen Din-hwa 陳廷驊 [moved from Ningbo in 1949]; 6 factories by 1970; 30 mil. pounds of cotton yarn/year) . . . district of Tsuen Wan 荃灣 . . . Cheung Kong 長江 Industries (founded by Li Ka-shing in 1950)
The glitz—”The World of Suzie Wong” (1961) . . . The Beatles (1964) . . . “You Only Live Twice” (1967)
The 1967 Riots (May–December)—population growth (~4 million by 1970; 50% under 21; 13% 15–19 yr old in school; ~150,000 refugees in 1962; ) . . . 500,000 squatters . . . Star Ferry Riots of 1966 (April 4 . . . So Sau-chung . . . 1 killed/1,400+ arrested) . . . the Hong Kong and Macau Work Committee (local branch of the CCP) . . . Xinhua (New China) News Agency . . . the Anti-British Struggle Committee . . . labor strikes (Artificial Flower Works) . . . protests/tear gas/curfew . . . Emergency Regulations Ordinance . . . bombs (Lam Bun) . . . All told: death: 51; arrested: 5,000+; deported: unknown
Hong Kong Festival (1969, 1971, 1973) . . . Diaoyu Islands (1970) . . . compulsory education (1971/1978) . . . Official Languages Ordinance (1974) . . . ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption, 1974)

Consider the documents from Hong Kong’s Watershed: The 1967 Riots and Hong Kong Remembers. To what/whom did the people we read about blame the 1967 riots on?
Based on the readings in Steve Tsang's collection, what were some of the competing views on what constituted the essence of a "Hongkonger"?
How should one go about sorting out the competing narratives for the 1967 riots? Whose views are missing from the selections of documents you have been asked to review for this week? Why are such views important?