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A comment on U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row with China. Parent comment

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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