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They didn't have a choice: if they hadn't given it up at the negotiating table, Beijing would've just taken it from them by force.
by frank2 6y ago
They didn't have a choice: if they hadn't given it up at the negotiating table, Beijing would've just taken it from them by force.
- billfruit 6y agoAlso like 80% of the territories of HK was due to go to China in 1997 due to they being leased by UK only for 99 years. Holding on to remaining 20% of the territories would have been really untenable.