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...Born and bred in Hong Kong-his father was a policeman-Tsang rose through the ranks of the colonial civil service, a common career choice for Hong Kongers with plenty of brains but little money. A devout Catholic (like a surprising number of key people in Hong Kong), Tsang has his roots deep in the city. Because of his background as an official in the British administration, for which he received a knighthood, Hong Kong's leftist camp has never fully trusted Tsang as a Beijing loyalist. Indeed, the conventional wisdom is that China's leaders are still feeling...
...Behind them they left the bodies of Barros, Natalino Pereira, Maranes Henrique and Calisto Tilman. The body of a fifth, unidentified man was found two days after the raid, but it was unclear whether he had died of wounds or exposure. Galucho's younger brother Nikson, a former military policeman who deserted with Reinado and was reportedly devoted to him, was shot in the leg, head and hand but survived...
...looked over in Fink’s direction to see a policeman standing three to four feet away from Fink as Fink dropped the knife on the ground. Geller said that as Fink started to reach for the knife, the officer forced him to the ground—and seconds later three other officers joined in to help...
...looked over in Fink’s direction to see a policeman standing three to four feet away from Fink as Fink dropped the knife on the ground. Geller said that as Fink started to reach for the knife, the officer forced him to the ground—and seconds later three other officers joined in to help...
...stood up from force of habit, but when he saw that the other man remained seated, he went red in the face with embarrassment and hastily sat down again. It was a calculated gesture of discourtesy. In 1949, not long after the Communist army entered Shanghai, the new policeman in our area came unannounced to our house. He marched straight into the living room and spat on the carpet. That was the first time I saw a declaration of power made in a gesture of rudeness. I came to realize that junior party officers often used such exaggerated gestures...