Re:China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong
by irrational on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:45PM
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I understand that HK was under British rule for a long time (I remember well when the hand over happened). But after the hand over I don't understand why HK was not treated just like any other Chinese region/province/state/district (I realize now that I don't know how China splits up it's country)? Why was HK granted special privileges that made it different than other parts of the country? To me it would be as if Kansas is allowed to do things totally different than the other 49 states, such as not pay federal income tax. Why would that kind of thing be allowed?
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Re:China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:05PM
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Because the handover treaty said that it had to happen for the next 50 years. And the 50 years aren't up.
Re:China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong
by irrational on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:20PM
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Ah, interesting. I did not know that.
Re:China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong
by av_engr on Friday May 22, 2020 @02:07AM
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Capitalistic and free society Vs. "Communism" and suppressive society. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was to address these concern on merging such polarizing society together, which is giving HK a special status, different law (system), and autonomy (which doesnt exist anymore, 22 years into its 50 years treaty).