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In this photo taken on April 27, 2017, Luk Tak-shing, 70, who was jailed during the May 1967 riots, poses for AFP in the Sai Wan Ho district of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is unrecognisable now from the city which 50 years ago was the scene of bloody riots, fuelled by resentment of colonial rule and inspired by the Cultural Revolution unfolding in China. But although memories of the bomb-strewn chaos of 1967 have faded, the city is facing a new era of turbulence as democracy activists take on Beijing and many ordinary residents still struggle to make ends meet. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-China-Britain-politics-riots-anniversary, FOCUS by Elaine YU (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on April 27, 2017, Luk Tak-shing, 70, who was jailed during the May 1967 riots, poses for AFP in the Sai Wan Ho district of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is unrecognisable now from the city which 50 years ago was the scene of bloody riots, fuelled by resentment of colonial rule and inspired by the Cultural Revolution unfolding in China. But although memories of the bomb-strewn chaos of 1967 have faded, the city is facing a new era of turbulence as democracy activists take on Beijing and many ordinary residents still struggle to make ends meet. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-China-Britain-politics-riots-anniversary, FOCUS by Elaine YU (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
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