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I wonder if this will cause any political discomfort in the UK. Everyone knows that the UK is failing to enforce the terms of the Joint Declaration because they
by Analemma_ 6y ago
I wonder if this will cause any political discomfort in the UK. Everyone knows that the UK is failing to enforce the terms of the Joint Declaration because they have no leverage, but they sort of quietly pretend this isn't happening, which will be untenable after this declaration.
- ipnon 6y agoThe bigger problem is that the British electorate still believes they are the ones calling the shots here. There is no opposition to China with Hong Kong. China is the more powerful political entity now.
- jon889 6y agoWe’ve been too busy with Brexit and now the Coronavirus not exactly being handled well.
- MintelIE 6y agoUK joined the AIIB and Belt And Road program. They won't be objecting except perhaps in the meekest, mildest manner possible.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoThe "no leverage" will still be true. It's just that they won't be able to pretend any longer. On the other hand, they didn't have enough leverage to change things when they signed the Joint Declaration, and the people who signed it are no longer in power. So maybe they'll just act like it's no change, because they knew it all along.
- est 6y ago> Everyone knows that the UK is failing to enforce the terms of the Joint Declaration INAN but according to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration#Joint_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration... > Those basic policies will be stipulated in a Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the PRC by the National People's Congress and will remain unchanged for 50 years. The Chinese introduced a security bill via People's Congress. It isn't exactly a violation?