Hong Kong on the Brink: An American Diplomat Relives 1967's Darkest Days
Blacksmith Books, September 2017. Trade Paperback. Syd Goldsmith's first taste of China's Cultural Revolution is blood on his tongue. It's 1967. Hong Kong is simmering, plagued by communist-led riots and strikes, crippled transport, punishing water-rationing, takeover threats from Beijing and roadside bombs. And Syd -- the only Caucasian Foreign Service..... More