What is Hong Kong 1967 Leftist riots?
[[File:1967 Hong Kong riots-Communists and Police.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Confrontation between the Hong Kong Police and rioters in Hong Kong, 1967.}}]] '''Hong Kong 1967 Leftist riots''' were a series of [[:en:wikt:large-scale|large-scale]] [[Left-wing|leftist]] [[riot]]s under the effect of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. At the beginning, there were just [[strike action]]s and [[demonstration]]s. Later they grew into large-scale demonstrations against [[British]] [[Colony|colonial]] rule.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lass.purduecal.edu/cca/gmj/sp05/graduatesp05/gmj-sp05gradref-zhou.htm |title=Haipeng Zhou, 'Whose Sound and Fury? The 1967 Riots of Hong Kong through The Times', ''Global Media Journal'', Volume 4, Issue 6 (Spring 2005) |access-date=2013-12-26 |archive-date=2014-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019225051/http://lass.purduecal.edu/cca/gmj/sp05/graduatesp05/gmj-sp05gradref-zhou.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The riots became more violent when the leftists set off [[bomb]]s in the city. They also resorted to [[murder]]ing some members of the [[Journalist|press]] who voiced their [[:wikt:opposition|opposition]] to the [[:wikt:violence|violence]]. In total there were 51 deaths<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stheadline.com/figure/index.asp?page_f_id=3&id=37|title=圖說往昔 六七暴動：時局混亂|work=頭條日報|publisher=頭條網}}</ref> and 802 injuries were caused in the riots. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1967 in Asia]] [[Category:1960s in China]] [[Category:1960s riots]] [[Category:20th century in Hong Kong]] {{multistub|politics|Asia}}