Another perspective: Hong Kongs fate was sealed in 1984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_

Another perspective: Hong Kongs fate was sealed in 1984 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration with with the Sino British Joint Declaration, something I think of as a time bomb. The West and China need to acknowledge this problem and find a way forward that does not involve conflict or war.