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Right. I don’t think the British decolonized because they wanted to either. I understand Hong Kong during the 1950s or 1960s wasn’t exactly peaceful, but they
by nobodyandproud 4y ago
Right.
I don’t think the British decolonized because they wanted to either.
I understand Hong Kong during the 1950s or 1960s wasn’t exactly peaceful, but they handled it better than the other former European powers.
That is to say, they wanted to retain influence if not control.
Though you have flare-ups like the Falkland Islands; which from an outsider’s perspective seems weird that Britain retained influence and not given to Argentina.
Edit: Just to be clear, the British really screwed over nations like China. So it’s strictly about how they handled their pull-out in the last hundred years.
- legalcorrection 4y agoWhat’s weird about it? The Falklands is almost exclusively inhabited by English-speaking people of British descent.
- nobodyandproud 4y agoI get that the residents want to remain under British rule. But from what I understand it was mostly a headache and cost center for the UK, given the distances involved.