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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by frank2 on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:28AM (#23348325)
They didn't have a choice: if they hadn't given it up at the negotiating table, Beijing would've just taken it from them by force.
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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by billfruit on Friday May 29, 2020 @11:08AM (#23350811)
Also like 80% of the territories of HK was due to go to China in 1997 due to they being leased by UK only for 99 years. Holding on to remaining 20% of the territories would have been really untenable.
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