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.
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.