> What the Brits should have done was to push reforms for democratic governance before they left. > the British had no interest in having any type of self-gove

> What the Brits should have done was to push reforms for democratic governance before they left. > the British had no interest in having any type of self-governance That is false. In the 1960s, the UK did want to introduce democratic reforms. > China didn't like this idea of introducing democratic reforms in HK That is the understatement of the year. The correct historic account is that the CCP threatened use of military force, so the UK reacted expediently by backing off.