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The West needs to realize Hong Kong is a part of China, that was leased to the UK for 100 years The West has no more say in it than China has a say in Cataloni
by guilhas 5y ago
The West needs to realize Hong Kong is a part of China, that was leased to the UK for 100 years
The West has no more say in it than China has a say in Catalonia or Scotland independence, Texas or California secession. Or their governing models
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong
To the bigger question, since world border defining wars have become an historic unacceptable concept, how much power should be given to smaller subgroups into shaping their own, and the larger group, policy and borders
- DemocracyFTW 5y agoWhat you say applies to the Kowloon New Territories north of Boundary Street and the outlying islands (and it wasn't 100 but 99 years but I digress).[1] It does not apply to Kowloon south of Boundary Street and Victoria / Hong Kong Island. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Territories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Territories