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Most HKers would not see that as a problem. The city thrived under British rule.
by throwaway1997 7y ago
Most HKers would not see that as a problem. The city thrived under British rule.
- coliveira 7y agoHK continues to thrive under Chinese rule.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoBecause they were ( partially ) left alone, as was originally agreed till 2050. How can you (already?) forgot the massive protests against Mainland China? A country is made of civilians, not corporations.
- coliveira 7y agoUnder the rule of British, the people of HK could never protest like they're doing now.
- The_suffocated 7y agoWhat are you talking about? Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers were protesting about Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. That was eight years before the hand-over of HK.
- 55643throwaway 7y agoDuring the ‘67 protests, the British killed over 50 Hong Kong protesters.
- The_suffocated 7y ago`67 "protests"? You must be kidding me. The series of events, known as the "1967 riots" in history, weren't really just protests or riots, but also a series of indiscriminate terrorist attacks against Hongkongers. Over a thousand bombs --- yes, a thousand, no kidding --- were planted, among them about a hundred were real. Most westerners may not know this, but this series of so-called "riots" is actually one of the largest-scaled terrorist attack in modern history. And you said that the British had killed over 50 Hong Kong "protesters"? I don't know how many Chinese terrorists were killed, but I am sure that tens of Hongkongers had been murdered by the Chinese terrorists. Some were killed by the bombs planted by the terrorists. Some were killed by Chinese militants (equipped with firearms) near the border. A famous broadcaster, Lam Bun, who criticised the Chinese terrorists, was even burnt to death inside his car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Bun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Bun
- throwaway1997 7y agoWe have the most unaffordable property market in the world, technology is stagnating, corrupt construction companies are cutting corners and building dangerous infrastructure. Yeah sure.
- 55643throwaway 7y agoThat’s because the British killed all the HKers that resisted. Most HKers lived as second class citizens for decades. It culminated in the ‘67 protests, where the British killed over 50 protesters. It was only after the 80s, when decolonization was popular and the return of HK inevitable, did things change for the average Hong Kong citizen.
- temporsdlfajdsf 7y agoBlatantly false. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1967_leftist_riots
- throwaway1997 7y agoBy protestors, you mean people who attempted to spread the cultural revolution into Hong Kong and ultimately failed.