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They're asking for war, for the UK or US to engage China. That is too much to ask. Neither the UK or US has the will or the ability to wage such a war. China wa
by mnm1 6y ago
They're asking for war, for the UK or US to engage China. That is too much to ask. Neither the UK or US has the will or the ability to wage such a war. China wants Hong Kong to be part of it and it will get it just like Russia got Crimea. There are no repercussions to China passing laws and doing as they see fit. They could full out abolish the entire agreement and bring HK under Chinese rule like the mainland if they wanted to. The only way to stop such aggression is war. And that is especially not going to happen as both the UK and US are struggling to get a handle on corona. Agreements and contracts don't mean shit if they can't be enforced and there are no consequences to breaking them. Whatever agreements China and the UK had before don't mean shit anymore because of exactly that.
- spacehunt 6y ago> They're asking for war This is a gross misinterpretation. What the protestors actually wanted was: - For the UK to grant BN(O) holders citizenship to show that they are no longer bound by the Sino-UK Joint Declaration. - For the US to revoke Hong Kong's special status (the Hong Kong Policy Act).
- arcticbull 6y ago> For the UK to grant BN(O) holders citizenship to show that they are no longer bound by the Sino-UK Joint Declaration. BN(O)s are already British Nationals (hence the 'BN'), what they're missing is Right of Abode in the UK.
- spacehunt 6y agoCorrect, hence there is currently no pathway to citizenship / "settled status" for BN(O) holders. This is why the recently proposed BN(O) changes are quite significant.