| dc.description.abstract | The myth of the ‘Hong Kong 70s Golden Era’ which glorifies colonial governmentality and the Hongkonger identity which builds upon it have always seem problematic when being juxtaposed with the concept of ‘Fiery Seventies’. The ‘Fiery Seventies’ was a brief period of time during which the Hong Kong post-war baby boomer generation deeply engaged in leftist social movements and enthusiastically discussed about China. By revisiting the history of the ‘Fiery Seventies’, this thesis questions the very assumptions underlying the Hongkonger identity, and discusses the possibilities and difficulties of reinventing Hongkonger identities with Third-World left-wing politics. This thesis delineates the development of the ‘Fiery Seventies’ social movements from 1967-1976, and focuses on the guiding effects of affects, thoughts and organizations in the social movements of pro CCP left-wing-camp, ultra-leftists, autonomous Maoists, anarchists, Trotskyists, student Maoists, and ‘the social faction’. Activism events being discussed include the 1967 Riot, Chinese Language Movement, publications of Pan Ku and 70s Biweekly, Chu Hai College Incident, Baodiao Movement, Anti-Corruption Movement, Anti-Inflation Movement, Joint-Publication Incident, and Know China activities. Through referencing the rebels of Cultural Revolution, the western New Left, and the US Baodiao Movement, the thesis suggests the Fiery Movement was deeply entangled with the global left-wing politics. | en_US |