Hong Kong 1956 riots

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]

Hong Kong 1956 protests
Hong Kong police force dispatched its Anti-Protest Squad officers
Date10 - 12 October 1956
Location
British Hong Kong
Caused byThe 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
Goals
MethodsGathering, Strikes, Demonstrations, Arsons, Occupations, Police Attacks
Resulted in
  • People involved in the protest were arrested or deported
  • Diplomatic note of the Government of the People's Republic of China and protest against the British Government
  • Republic of China Government and China Nationalist Party weakened in Hong Kong
  • British government seriously considers Hong Kong's future
  • Protests quelled
Parties to the civil conflict
Rights
  • Triad
  • Hong Kong pro-Taiwan group
  • Rightist unions and workers' groups
stand by
Leftists
  • Left supporters
  • Hong Kong Pro-Communist Organization
stand by
  • Government of the People's Republic of China
Pro-Beijing camp
Lead figures
Alexander Grantham
Governor

E.B. David
Colonial Secretary

Arthur Crawford Maxwell
Commissioner of Police
Casualties
Death(s)59
Injuries500
Arrested6,000[1]
Charged2,195[1]
Hong Kong 1956 riots
Protest photos
Traditional Chinese雙十暴動
Literal meaningDouble Tenth riots

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

References
  1. "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.
  2. HKheadline.com. "HKheadline.com." 雙十暴動：香港最血腥的一天. Retrieved on 7 July 2010.
  3. "Hong Kong: Trouble on the Double Ten", Time Monday, 22 Oct. 1956
  4. "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.
  5. Chu, Yingchi. [2003] (2003). Hong Kong Cinema: Coloniser, Motherland and Self. Routledge publishing. ISBN 0-7007-1746-3


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