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> What has China to gain from invaded HK ? Handling "the barrel of a gun" does not mean you have to fire it. China just made a combination of statements (notab
by Hasknewbie 9y ago
> What has China to gain from invaded HK ?
Handling "the barrel of a gun" does not mean you have to fire it. China just made a combination of statements (notably the fact that the New Territories reprensenting 75% of HK's land were on a lease expiring in 1997, that they would not negociate on) and threats that resulted in the UK handing over HK on a platter. At that time (1997) HK by itself represented 15% of all of China's GDP, so Beijing definitely gained quite a lot by acting tough, even if they never had to pull the trigger.
- wav-part 9y agoLand or GDP are not gain. So exactly what has China gained ? HKese will not pay more taxes than they were paying. And if forced they will just leave (again) and take GDP with them. You may not fire it but there is cost of creating and maintaing a gun. Yes there might be skirmishes during birth of City-as-a-Service industry. But it will stablize as military states fails to find enough revenue to sustain itself while also maintaing welfare spending.