OTL, the 1967 Riots in Hong Kong was severe in its own right. One outspoken critic of the Cultural Revolution, Lam Bun, was killed in an arsonist attack. However, as the leftist rioters had the support of Mao Zedong, things could have gone worse.

So what if the Hong Kong leftists went more radical, say, attempting (or even succeeding) to assassinate Governor David Trench? How would Sino-British relations change? What path could Hong Kong's history and economy take?

And is it possible that the United Kingdom (and possibly Portugal: Motim 1-2-3 happened in 1966, after which the population of Macau became increasingly pro-Beijing) declares war on China?
 
OTL, the 1967 Riots in Hong Kong was severe in its own right. One outspoken critic of the Cultural Revolution, Lam Bun, was killed in an arsonist attack. However, as the leftist rioters had the support of Mao Zedong, things could have gone worse.

So what if the Hong Kong leftists went more radical, say, attempting (or even succeeding) to assassinate Governor David Trench? How would Sino-British relations change? What path could Hong Kong's history and economy take?

And is it possible that the United Kingdom (and possibly Portugal: Motim 1-2-3 happened in 1966, after which the population of Macau became increasingly pro-Beijing) declares war on China?
No. The Americans were losing at vietnam, the war in America was unpopular. In Britain would happen the same, so Britain would abandon Hong Kong but not at 1967. They would do at 1973 (Paris Accords). Portugal maybe would go war. they were fighting in Angola, they had a far-right government so they would fight against a Communist China. This would accelerate the Carnation Revolution meaning that it would be before 1974.
 
No. The Americans were losing at vietnam, the war in America was unpopular. In Britain would happen the same, so Britain would abandon Hong Kong but not at 1967. They would do at 1973 (Paris Accords). Portugal maybe would go war. they were fighting in Angola, they had a far-right government so they would fight against a Communist China. This would accelerate the Carnation Revolution meaning that it would be before 1974.

It seems that Salazar had shown some interest in selling Macau in the 60s and 70s but China refused. It had been used as a bridge to break the western blockade during the Korean War and so the PRC prefered the status quo where it was de jure Portuguese but de facto under Chinese control.

If they go to war with the U.K. then I could see them letting Macau be Portuguese until the end of the war, although if there is no war and they push too much to directly annex it Portugal may react, not that they can do anything
 
No. The Americans were losing at vietnam, the war in America was unpopular. In Britain would happen the same, so Britain would abandon Hong Kong but not at 1967. They would do at 1973 (Paris Accords). Portugal maybe would go war. they were fighting in Angola, they had a far-right government so they would fight against a Communist China. This would accelerate the Carnation Revolution meaning that it would be before 1974.
That just answers the latter half of the question (okay, it is possible that no war happens even if the Governor got assassinated).

But what of Sino-British relations?
 
It seems that Salazar had shown some interest in selling Macau in the 60s and 70s but China refused. It had been used as a bridge to break the western blockade during the Korean War and so the PRC prefered the status quo where it was de jure Portuguese but de facto under Chinese control.

If they go to war with the U.K. then I could see them letting Macau be Portuguese until the end of the war, although if there is no war and they push too much to directly annex it Portugal may react, not that they can do anything

Huh. Portugal acting alone... not a likely scenario in my mind.

If they are alone, I wonder which one they would prefer to lose, Macau, Mozambique, or Angola?
 
That just answers the latter half of the question (okay, it is possible that no war happens even if the Governor got assassinated).

But what of Sino-British relations?
British suck it up. It's not like they can do very much to the Mainland, anyways.
 
It seems that Salazar had shown some interest in selling Macau in the 60s and 70s but China refused. It had been used as a bridge to break the western blockade during the Korean War and so the PRC prefered the status quo where it was de jure Portuguese but de facto under Chinese control.

If they go to war with the U.K. then I could see them letting Macau be Portuguese until the end of the war, although if there is no war and they push too much to directly annex it Portugal may react, not that they can do anything
Salazar wanted to sell to Taiwan.
 
British suck it up. It's not like they can do very much to the Mainland, anyways.

I was tempted to say that it would be somewhat implausible for the UK to just shrug off an attack on their own assets, but then, I thought about these more recent examples.

Granted, the OP does posit an assassination on the British ambassador. Still likely to result in just a more harshly worded communique.
 
It seems that Salazar had shown some interest in selling Macau in the 60s and 70s but China refused. It had been used as a bridge to break the western blockade during the Korean War and so the PRC prefered the status quo where it was de jure Portuguese but de facto under Chinese control.

If they go to war with the U.K. then I could see them letting Macau be Portuguese until the end of the war, although if there is no war and they push too much to directly annex it Portugal may react, not that they can do anything
Really? Was Macau under de facto Chinese control during the Cultural Revolution then? Did any "struggle sessions" take place then and there?
 
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