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Summary: If you have any information related to Hong Kong's War Crimes Trials held in the late 1940s, Ms Suzannah Linton (suzannah.linton@hku.hk) would like to hear from you. She is currently researching this part of Hong Kong's history.
The Crimes
The crimes date back to the World War 2, and the Japanese invasion and occupation of Hong Kong. There are three main groups:
It's hard to make a case for the joys of cemeteries without people looking at you a bit strange, and perhaps edging a bit further away. But let me try, with four reasons that cemeteries deserve your attention:
Was Hong Kong, as a colony, a success?
"Was the French Revolution a success?"
"It is too early to tell."
Zhou Enlai, speaking 150 years after the event.
I think this question could be asked in different ways:
A success in terms of the original idea – a British trading post in China?
At the same time, Deng's "Southern Tour" triggered investment in Guangdong, and the economies of Hong Kong, with six million people, and Guangdong, with ninety million, became intertwined.