This was the Hong Kong that Leung was getting to know as he

journeyed down river from Guangzhou to investigate, and it was

part and parcel of the glamorous, decadent British colony. For years

wages had remained stagnant as prices rose, and as Leung went

from street to street he caught the mood of the workers. He

witnessed firsthand the great seamen’s strike of 1922, when

Chinese protesters turned against the governor, demanding to be

paid as well as non-Chinese workers.