Was on my way to Beijing for language studies and some minor embassy TAD when this happened. Naval attache stopped me (I had just been commissioned) in Hong Kong and I got 30 days there with 3 months advance pay in my back pocket.
Didn’t learn as much because I had to do it ad hoc. But it was very interesting to be there. I obseved a lot of the local protests. Was able to buy books with pictures smuggled out of the mainland. Still have some of the t-shirts stashed away that I got really cheap in the night markets with the student leaders pictures on them.
That’s quite impressive.
I think it’s time to document some of the stuff you got b