| Hong Kong 1956 protests | ||||
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) Hong Kong police force dispatched its Anti-Protest Squad officers | ||||
| Date | 10 - 12 October 1956 | |||
| Location | British Hong Kong | |||
| Caused by | The resettlement office staff removed the Republic of China Flag and the large "Double Ten" emblem hanging from Lei Cheng Uk Estate, and the rightists intervened and evolved. Conflict | |||
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| Methods | Gathering, Strikes, Demonstrations, Arsons, Occupations, Police Attacks | |||
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| Casualties | ||||
| Death(s) | 59 | |||
| Injuries | 500 | |||
| Arrested | 6,000[1] | |||
| Charged | 2,195[1] | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 雙十暴動 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Double Tenth riots | ||||||||||||
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The Hong Kong 1956 protests, also known as Double Ten riots, were the result of escalating provocations between pro-Nationalist and pro-Communist factions in Hong Kong during Double Ten Day, 10 October 1956.[2]
Most violence took place in the town of Tsuen Wan, five miles from central Kowloon. A mob stormed and ransacked a clinic and welfare centre, killing four people.[3]
The protests spread to other parts of Kowloon including along Nathan Road. By 11 October, some of the mob began targeting foreigners. Protesters in Kowloon turned over a taxi carrying the Swiss Vice Consul Fritz Ernst and his wife on Nathan Road. The protesters doused the cab in gasoline and lit it on fire resulting in the death of the driver and Mrs. Ernst who succumbed to her injuries two days later.[4]
To quell the protesting, Colonial Secretary Edgeworth B. David ordered extra manpower from the British Forces Hong Kong, including armoured troops of 7th Hussars, to reinforce the Hong Kong Police and disperse the rioters.[3] In total, there were 59 deaths and approximately 500 injuries. Property damage was estimated at US$1,000,000.[2][5]
See also
- 1950s in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong 1966 riots
- Hong Kong 1967 riots
- Hong Kong 1981 riots
- Years of Lead (Italy), Italy
- Poznan 1956 insurrection
- Political violence in Germany (1918-33)
- 2014 Hong Kong protests
References
- ^ a b "Two riots and one unrest during 50s and 60s of Hong Kong, killing 111 in total. Curfew and martial law once implemented". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ a b HKheadline.com. "HKheadline.com." 雙十暴動：香港最血腥的一天. Retrieved on 7 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong: Trouble on the Double Ten", Time Monday, 22 Oct. 1956
- ^ "Trouble on the Double Tenth: Riots, Fear And Sudden Death In Hong Kong" (PDF). The Pagoda Magazine. Vol. Vol. 17, No. 22. Jamaica BWI: Pagoda Ltd. 3 November 1956. p. 3, 15. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Chu, Yingchi. [2003] (2003). Hong Kong Cinema: Coloniser, Motherland and Self. Routledge publishing. ISBN 0-7007-1746-3