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Hong Kong mourns Mao Zedong’s death in 1976 – SCMP archive
South China Morning PostChina · ASIA
This article was first published on September 10, 1976. Sense of grief in Hongkong A deep sense of grief was felt by great numbers of the people in Hongkong yesterday (September 9, 1976) when radio an...
This article was first published on September 10, 1976.
Sense of grief in Hongkong
A deep sense of grief was felt by great numbers of the people in Hongkong yesterday (September 9, 1976) when radio and television stations flashed the news of the Chairman’s passing. The news brought a cloud of gloom over celebrations of the mid-autumn festivities. Flags at a number of major building and hotels, – including the Bank of China – were flown at half-mast within an hour of the announcement.
Hongkong...