Re:As Protesters Fill Hong Kong’s Streets, Businesses Are Al...
by usaar333 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:33PM
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While some fault can be given to the UK for not pressing it harder, China was not willing to accept that (for ethnic Chinese; non-ethnic-Chinese weren't granted Chinese citizenship).
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_(Overseas)
Fun fact: China also blocked universal suffrage for HK pre-1997: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_development_in_Hong...