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Hong Kong’s fate was sealed in 1984 when the UK agreed to return it to China. And that was when China was far weaker than now, and could have been confronted at
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
Hong Kong’s fate was sealed in 1984 when the UK agreed to return it to China. And that was when China was far weaker than now, and could have been confronted at far less cost. Instead, the West got played, transferring massive capital and know-how to China while convincing themselves that economic integration would inevitably lead to greater political freedom.
- baby 5y agoThis is true. Sometimes I wonder if the UK thought HK would become a trojan horse. A symbol of good living standards and democracy. That was ignoring thousands of years of wars for unification that built China. It is built on blood and blood will continue to be shed until the whole of China is united. This is what reading books and watching movies will tell you.
- techrat 5y agoAll you have to do is look at who was in power in 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1984_British_incumbents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1984_British_incumbent... (TLDR: Conservatives.)
- sangnoir 5y ago> Sometimes I wonder if the UK thought HK would become a trojan horse You may be in luck - a whole bunch of UK documents and letters from the Thatcher era were unclassified recently. You can search the archive for any mention of "Hong Kong"[1], or any other keyword of interest 1. https://www.margaretthatcher.org/search?dt=0&w=hong+kong&searchtype=phrase&t=0&starty=&startm=&startd=&endy=&endm=&endd=&onedayy=&onedaym=&onedayd=&doctype%5B%5D=archive https://www.margaretthatcher.org/search?dt=0&w=hong+kong&sea...