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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by hyko on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:23AM (#23347153)
"It exploited the colony and local residents of HK as much as China does now."

nope: https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/07/01/hong-kong-proteste...

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by freeflight on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:50AM (#23347771)
HK spent over 150 years under British colonial rule [0].

The vast majority of that time without any real democratic participation of HK citizens as those were considered British subjects and did not have full rights nor citizenship [1].

[0] https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2122508/hong-...

[1] https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1613#tocto1n8

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by thinkingemote on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:48AM (#23348086)
I think the key part was "as much"
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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by jialutu on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:35AM (#23347227)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Hong_Kong_riots
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