Hong Kong on the Brink
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Hong Kong on the Brink

An American Diplomat Relives 1967's Darkest Days

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Hong Kong on the Brink

An American Diplomat Relives 1967's Darkest Days

About this book

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 Officer at the American Consulate General who speaks Cantonese — is made responsible for reporting and analysis of the Hong Kong government’s ability to survive.

The CIA station chief and the head of Macau’s gold syndicate play major roles in Syd’s story, along with Newsweek’s Sydney Liu and Maynard Parker, and a steady stream of inquiring foreign correspondents and China-watchers. Richard Nixon makes a cameo appearance — to talk football with Syd since the consul general won’t see him — in this riveting memoir of a year when Hong Kong’s “borrowed time” seemed about to expire.

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Table of contents

  1. About the author
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Epigraph
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. CHAPTER 1: Between Two Worlds
  8. CHAPTER 2: Serendipity
  9. CHAPTER 3: Musical Honeymoon
  10. CHAPTER 4: New Beginnings
  11. CHAPTER 5: Cat and Mouse
  12. CHAPTER 6: Goodbye Pravda
  13. CHAPTER 7: Amah Failure
  14. CHAPTER 8: Learning Cantonese
  15. CHAPTER 9: Hal Christie’s Parting Gifts
  16. CHAPTER 10: The Tricks They Try
  17. CHAPTER 11: Extravagant Invitations
  18. CHAPTER 12: Kam-lan
  19. CHAPTER 13: Political Apprentice
  20. CHAPTER 14: My First Chinese Wedding
  21. CHAPTER 15: Leisure Time
  22. CHAPTER 16: Tidbits
  23. CHAPTER 17: Richard Nixon, CODEL
  24. CHAPTER 18: Hong Kong Non-Politics
  25. CHAPTER 19: Macau Capitulates
  26. CHAPTER 20: Why China Didn’t Take Macau Back
  27. CHAPTER 21: Apprentice No Longer
  28. CHAPTER 22: CIA Insight
  29. CHAPTER 23: Hong Kong Simmers
  30. CHAPTER 24: Newsweek Reporters
  31. CHAPTER 25: Labor Strife Boils Over
  32. CHAPTER 26: More Pregnant Than Ever
  33. CHAPTER 27: Riot Report
  34. CHAPTER 28: Wall of Worry
  35. CHAPTER 29: Master Spy
  36. CHAPTER 30: Real and Fake Blood
  37. CHAPTER 31: Finally. It’s a Girl
  38. CHAPTER 32: Bad News From Peking
  39. CHAPTER 33: Sitting on the Fence
  40. CHAPTER 34: Reporters, Academics, Nemesis
  41. CHAPTER 35: Life Goes On
  42. CHAPTER 36: Life Without Water
  43. CHAPTER 37: Psych Warfare at the Border
  44. CHAPTER 38: Senior Staff Meetings
  45. CHAPTER 39: Precious Treasures
  46. CHAPTER 40: Attack Across the Border
  47. CHAPTER 41: Impeccable Agent
  48. CHAPTER 42: Incipient Civil War
  49. CHAPTER 43: Climactic Crackdown
  50. CHAPTER 44: Family Dynamic
  51. CHAPTER 45: Burned
  52. CHAPTER 46: Endless Jitters
  53. CHAPTER 47: Arrests, Attacks, Assassination
  54. CHAPTER 48: Y.C. Explains
  55. CHAPTER 49: Fear and Loathing
  56. CHAPTER 50: Water!
  57. CHAPTER 51: Don’t Tell Washington Yet
  58. CHAPTER 52: Music Reigns Again
  59. CHAPTER 53: Dénouement

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