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Doesn't matter. The UK has no spine and will never push to enforce the terms of their 1997 treaty with China that transferred control of HK. When a trading part
by xiaoma 10y ago
Doesn't matter. The UK has no spine and will never push to enforce the terms of their 1997 treaty with China that transferred control of HK. When a trading partner is as valuable as China, all ideals go out the window.
I remember the promises well since I was in Taipei and watching Chris Patten, Britain's final governor of HK, talk about it on the news during the hand-off.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/05/hong-kong-protests-betrayed-by-china-abandoned-by-britain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/05/hong-k...