Taiwan is an amazing country that deserves our thoughts and Prayers for their safe keeping. The people love freedom in a way I'd never heard expressed so strongly or frequently. They have a saying that translates "Liberty is more important than Life."
China, whatever their form of government, needs the cultural bridge that an independent Taiwan is to the west. Commerce requires Peace. I pray in Jesus name that the CCP will soon remember this.
I agree that it's descending rapidly into total state control. The silencing of democratic voices is succeeding, like it did in Tibet.
But the British lease of Hong Kong was for four hundred years. The Chinese, from their point of view, have waited with considerable patience until it expired. I never heard of such a lease being honored anywhere. We could ask our Natives how those "As long as the sun shall rise." treaties with our government worked out.
FYI, The island was permanently given to British, then the rest of HK was a lease with conditions that British could avoid to hand it back. Plus, it is the Taiwan Gov who holding the lease, not PRC. The Brit should had let HK independent the way India did, but instead Brit sold HK to PRC. Bowing to PRC threats, the Brit cant even let HK ppl pick its gov b4 the handover even it was agreed on basic law.
Taiwan is an amazing country that deserves our thoughts and Prayers for their safe keeping. The people love freedom in a way I'd never heard expressed so strongly or frequently. They have a saying that translates "Liberty is more important than Life."
China, whatever their form of government, needs the cultural bridge that an independent Taiwan is to the west. Commerce requires Peace. I pray in Jesus name that the CCP will soon remember this.
China leased land which was developed and thrived with a happy population. Hong Kong, Macau. Then they take it back and it turns into a shithole.
I agree that it's descending rapidly into total state control. The silencing of democratic voices is succeeding, like it did in Tibet.
But the British lease of Hong Kong was for four hundred years. The Chinese, from their point of view, have waited with considerable patience until it expired. I never heard of such a lease being honored anywhere. We could ask our Natives how those "As long as the sun shall rise." treaties with our government worked out.
Worked out great if they are sober
FYI, The island was permanently given to British, then the rest of HK was a lease with conditions that British could avoid to hand it back. Plus, it is the Taiwan Gov who holding the lease, not PRC. The Brit should had let HK independent the way India did, but instead Brit sold HK to PRC. Bowing to PRC threats, the Brit cant even let HK ppl pick its gov b4 the handover even it was agreed on basic law.