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Was it a democracy when it was a colony?
by heavenlyblue 7y ago
Was it a democracy when it was a colony?
- graeme 7y agoNo. As the article says, communist China threatened to invade if Britain made any moves in that direction in the 1960s. Since people have downvoted this, here's text straight from article: "The documents, part of a batch of typewritten diplomatic dispatches requested by reporters from two Hong Kong newspapers, reveal that Chinese leaders were so opposed to the prospect of a democratic Hong Kong that they threatened to invade should London attempt to change the status quo."