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Hong Kong remembers bloodiest violence 50 years on

Agence France-Presse 05 May 2017

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Fifty years on from bloody riots in Hong Kong, the bustling city bears little evidence of the bomb-strewn chaos of 1967. But while the battle scars may have faded, it is facing a new era of turbulence as pro-democracy activists take on Beijing and many ordinary residents struggle to make ends meet.