U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row with China

Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by selimthegrim on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:55AM (#23347803)

Kashmir was a princely state, not part of the Raj, even though India ran the post and telegraph and collected octroi at the borders. That being said, when Mangla dam was built a lot of Mirpuris migrated to Britain with work permits

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by oblio on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:10PM (#23351745)

Collecting taxes is generally considered a sign of sovereignty.

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by selimthegrim on Friday May 29, 2020 @02:45PM (#23353937)

Octroi is a tax collected when crossing a border between jurisdictions, in this case when entering J & K and leaving British India. In this case India allowed octroi to be levied (my mistake above) by J & K on departing goods.

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by nujabe on Friday May 29, 2020 @07:04AM (#23348551)

Thanks for those fun facts.

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