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Hong Kong: a Chinese city with British-based law, a unique place with a unique police force. In his latest book, Chris Emmett, best-selling author of Hong Kong Policeman, puts you on the streets, alongside the Hong Kong police officers dealing with the greatest crises of the past few decades.
In the 1960s, China's Cultural Revolution came to Hong Kong and in one crazy summer, ten Hong Kong police officers lost their lives, five of them to a machine-gun attack at the border village of Sha Tau Kok. In the 1970s, police stood in the front line as tens of thousands of Vietnamese streamed into Hong Kong with violent criminals hidden among those fleeing oppression or after a better life. Then, in 2014, the police faced a social upheaval that even today divides the city--the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement.
Drug-runners, refugees, illegal immigrants, violent gangs, gun-wielding robbers, and umbrella protesters set on bringing the city to a standstill--Hong Kong Police: Inside the Lines tells stories never before told from a unique perspective.
In the 1960s, China's Cultural Revolution came to Hong Kong and in one crazy summer, ten Hong Kong police officers lost their lives, five of them to a machine-gun attack at the border village of Sha Tau Kok. In the 1970s, police stood in the front line as tens of thousands of Vietnamese streamed into Hong Kong with violent criminals hidden among those fleeing oppression or after a better life. Then, in 2014, the police faced a social upheaval that even today divides the city--the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement.
Drug-runners, refugees, illegal immigrants, violent gangs, gun-wielding robbers, and umbrella protesters set on bringing the city to a standstill--Hong Kong Police: Inside the Lines tells stories never before told from a unique perspective.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Emmett, Chris
- ISBN: 9789888552214
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 8.10 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 332
- Publication Year: 2022
Language:
English