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As an academic exercise of what if the Sino–British Joint Declaration of 1984 is revoked, one alternative possibility to for Hong Kong to join Taiwan (quoting m
by hker 6y ago
As an academic exercise of what if the Sino–British Joint Declaration of 1984 is revoked, one alternative possibility to for Hong Kong to join Taiwan (quoting my earlier comment):
Note that Hong Kong was given to the Britain by three treaties in the 19th century (1842 Treaty of Nanking, 1860 Convention of Peking, 1898 The Second Convention of Peking), and the true copies of all treaties are in the hand of Taiwan, which were brought to Taiwan by the KMT government during its retreat to Taiwan before 1950.
So if the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, the declaration behind the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, is revoked (partly because CCP declares it invalid), Britain might declare that Hong Kong should return to the holder of the three treaties–Taiwan.
Extremely unlikely, but arguably has legal justification.
- aasasd 6y agoHow does this work? If a dude flies to Jamaica with these papers then Jamaica can own HK? Are those, like, bearer shares?
- hker 6y agoThe Britain signed the treaties with the Qing government (the last dynasty in China until 1912), and the bearer shares of the treaties were brought to Taiwan by the KMT government before 1950. So the issue is: who represents China? The government in Beijing or the government in Taipei? Later, Britain signed the Sino–British Joint Declaration of 1984 with Beijing to decide the (then) future of Hong Kong. If the Sino–British Joint Declaration is revoked, things could be different. Just recently US is asking the Beijing government to repay the debt of Qing dynasty [1], which Beijing said would be the responsibility of Taiwan. Following this logic, receiving Hong Kong from Britain could also be the responsibility of Taiwan. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-29/trump-s-new-trade-war-weapon-might-just-be-antique-china-debt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-29/trump-s-n...
- free_rms 6y agoThat article is amazing. I figured Trump was just shit stirring, I should have known he'd have a relationship with people who've been trading in that debt. Since 2001! There's a century of this debt getting rolled over to greater fools.
- ngcc_hk 6y agoThe Taiwan still claim mainland and they are at civil war still. Well, Hk technically belong to Taiwan. Having said that one must note Taiwan has a law in the pipeline (1st reading) to give up The claim of mainland. You may be surprise Of communist china Actual objection To it But not HKER or Taiwanese. In any case Even if they keep the claim This path is Only valid In theory but frankly not in Practice. Personally i will continue our fight. Taiwan has enough of their own problems. If they can free from mainland, That is great already.