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China would inevitably claim that it's part of China since it was granted to Hong Kongers exclusively, and Hong Kong is part of China. It'd be like Crimea all
by fiblye 6y ago
China would inevitably claim that it's part of China since it was granted to Hong Kongers exclusively, and Hong Kong is part of China.
It'd be like Crimea all over again, except China could have a legal argument that it's theirs instead of just claiming soldiers are vacationing there.
- alasdair_ 6y ago>It'd be like Crimea all over again I don't see China invading the west coast of the USA without a fight. A really big fight. And for what?
- fiblye 6y agoGive Hong Kongers a piece of land and they wouldn’t even claim it’s an invasion. It’d be a piece of land given exclusively to people from China. In what world would China say that it isn’t theirs? They’ve claimed land with far shakier backing. Literally all they’d need to do is bus in a few loyal people, set them up to take power, and have them hand it over to Beijing. Because that’s exactly what’s happening with HK now and people here are saying it was a dumb idea. Why repeat it?