Ebook: Political Censorship in British Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression and the Law (1842-1997)

"Introduction Around noon on 3 June 1919, nine schoolboys aged eight to seventeen walked westwards along Queen's Road in the Central District of Hong Kong clad in their school uniforms and holding open oil-paper umbrellas made in mainland China. The umbrellas featured Chinese characters reading 'Chinese people should buy native goods' The boys attracted the attention of passers-by, with more than 100 joining them to form an impromptu parade. They also attracted the attention of a police inspector surnamed Brazil who stopped the crowd and asked one of the students whether he had obtained a permit. The student said no, but that one of their teachers had instructed them to march. Inspector Brazil arrested the nine students on the spot and then went to the teacher's residence to arrest him as well"--