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Hong Kong?
by drekipus 5y ago
Hong Kong?
- RC_ITR 5y agothat was a 99 year lease expiring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_for_the_Extension_of_Hong_Kong_Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_for_the_Extension_o...
- throw10920 5y ago...the Sino-British Joint Declaration is still in effect, until 2047. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
- bllguo 5y agoDoesn't change the fact that HK was not "annexed," nor was/is it majority "unwilling."
- cutemonster 5y agoIt is majority unwilling. People there want real elections and independence (Although now too late)
- RC_ITR 5y agoYou are talking about their government structure not whether or not they were willing to return to China. Again the original point is that it was never an annexation, but even if it were, there was minimal protest and discontent in 1997.