Thank you! That's an interesting read. Directly from the article: > And when Mao founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, he and Zhou Enlai decided no

Thank you! That's an interesting read. Directly from the article: > And when Mao founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, he and Zhou Enlai decided not to seize Hong Kong—which the British at the time expected The other side of the story is that China could've easily seized HK from the beginning, and the people of HK would've been under the direct rule of China, and never gotten any of the freedom and autonomy they enjoy today.