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Re:The jailing of Hong Kong’s young pro-democracy leaders  by tim333 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @12:31PM (#15410478)
I was in HK for a while under British rule. Us Brits had some advantages. Most obviously Brits had the right to live and study and the like in the UK whereas HK Chinese didn't. Also most of the better government funded jobs tended to go to Brits rather than HK Chinese.

The HK Chinese were however much better off at the time under British rule than the mainland Chinese were under China's. China was kind of a mess at the time.

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Re:The jailing of Hong Kong’s young pro-democracy leaders  by fatjokes on Thursday October 05, 2017 @12:38PM (#15410532)
> The HK Chinese were however much better off at the time under British rule than the mainland Chinese were under China's. China was kind of a mess at the time.

Perhaps materially, but on principle I don't think anyone would want to be considered second-class.

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Re:The jailing of Hong Kong’s young pro-democracy leaders  by tim333 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:35PM (#15411488)
Most of the mainland Chinese were second-class to the communist party insiders back then and couldn't even travel around China without special permits.
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