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"It exploited the colony and local residents of HK as much as China does now." nope: https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/07/01/hong-kong-protesters-storm-the-

• jialutu 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Hong_Kong_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Hong_Kong_riots
• freeflight 6y ago
  HK spent over 150 years under British colonial rule [0]. The vast majority of that time without any real democratic participation of HK citizens as those were considered British subjects and did not have full rights nor citizenship [1]. [0] https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2122508/hong-kong-india-needs-remember-truth-about-british-colonialism https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2122508/hong-... [1] https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1613#tocto1n8 https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1613#tocto1n8
  • thinkingemote 6y ago
    I think the key part was "as much"