This about explains why Too late HongKongers to protest now you all have been shanghai.ed way back before 1997 ..... Im with the people of HK. Yet it is difficult to take this British hypocrisy at the same time. From the article below: The leverage Britain abandoned was the most powerful it had: the loyalty and citizenship of the citys people... ...in 1981, facing an abysmal economy and xenophobic pressures at home in the U.K., Mrs. Thatchers government enacted the British Nationality Act. At a stroke, it rescinded most of its Hong Kong citizens right of abode in the United Kingdom. ...It isnt difficult to imagine how different the dynamic in negotiations with the Chinese might have been had they known that Hong Kongs people could move away from the territory if China mismanaged it after regaining sovereignty. foreignpolicy/articles/2014/10/02/londons_hong_kong_blunder
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:22:44 +0000
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