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Why are people surprised? I'm frankly surprised this didn't happen sooner. The handover was 1987 it's over 30 years now. The Chinese have been slowly gutting HK

Why are people surprised? I'm frankly surprised this didn't happen sooner. The handover was 1987 it's over 30 years now. The Chinese have been slowly gutting HK and moving the financial center over to Shanghai for decades now. The idea that China wouldn't take over HK and essentially crush it into line is shocking to me. I wish it didn't happen but it's fairly obvious it would. I have many, many friends currently living in HK right now and they all seem to be living with their heads in their sand for years now.

unfunco 6y ago
It was 1997 (I was old enough to remember it.)
- ping_pong 6y ago
  Yes 1997, you're right I got my dates wrong. I was living in Vancouver so the date was ingrained in our heads because of so many immigrants from HK coming to Vancouver, but I forgot entirely.