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> Personally, I think the anglosphere should allow Hong Kong citizens to relocate to their countries. This is sort-of happening. The UK is making it easier for
by rich_sasha 6y ago
> Personally, I think the anglosphere should allow Hong Kong citizens to relocate to their countries.
This is sort-of happening. The UK is making it easier for the Hong-Kongese to relocate to the UK and gain citizenship. Note "easier" doesn't mean "easy", and one needs to get out of HK first, presumably.
But speaking of the UK, it is a massive slap in its face. The UK brokered the unification agreement (not that they had much pragmatic choice but to give up HK), China is now not even pretending to honour it.
A bit like with Ukraine's deal to give up nuclear arms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... . I'm amazed this has gone down so placidly.
- vxNsr 6y ago> A bit like with Ukraine's deal to give up nuclear arms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... . I'm amazed this has gone down so placidly. It all depends on who's behind the wheel when stuff like this happens. I think once it became clear that Obama was more bark than bite Putin felt pretty confident in running amok.
- marakv2 6y agoIt feels as if certain blocs are solidifying their grip for an upcoming event. Events seems to be accelerating and it's beginning to make me nervous.
- rich_sasha 6y agoFlows and ebbs hopefully. I was born decades after the Cuban Missile Crisis, but reading about it now, it must have felt like Armageddon. And yet it wasn’t, thankfully. Of course eventually this doesn’t hold anymore.