As a newly minted Ensign I was on my way to Hong Kong enroute to Beijing for language studies and temporary embassy duty when this happened. Naval Attache in HK met me getting off the plane. My job was to meet the rest of the group coming in and stopping them from proceeding further.
30 days in HK when all this was going down was very interesting and very disturbing. The pics and stories smuggled out filled books I still have.
Wow. What an incredible experience. Thank you for sharing!