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I think the onus here was more on the UK than the US because the UK was the one with an agreement with the Chinese government that was broken. I agree that the
by bitxbitxbitcoin 6y ago
I think the onus here was more on the UK than the US because the UK was the one with an agreement with the Chinese government that was broken. I agree that the US response has already been a lot.
- toyg 6y agoThe UK effectively offered asylum to millions of HKers, in a move basically unprecedented after WWII, and drew a line over previous plans to coordinate on things like 5G and nuclear. What else could they have done? In a world of superpowers, the UK alone is small potatoes.
- andi999 6y agoAny source for that asylum claim?
- toyg 6y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53246899 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53246899 Also discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23701333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23701333 I am absolutely no fan of the current UK admin but on this issue I think they've done the decent thing (which surprised me, tbh).
- andi999 6y agothanks. just to clarify, it is not asylum and not yet available (but this is not criticism it is very good) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/british-nationals-overseas-in-hong-kong https://www.gov.uk/guidance/british-nationals-overseas-in-ho... I dont know about the uk, but prob biggest diff to asylum is, that people in asylum get money/provisions while in this scheme you need to bring money (modest 6 month worth though)