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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by klipt on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:02AM (#23687062)
Somehow, the fact that Britain seceded from the EU over one million foreigners, makes me skeptical that they'll offer citizenship to three million foreigners.
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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by arcticbull on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:10AM (#23687106)
Citizens of the commonwealth aren't foreigners in the UK (and can vote if resident -- a Canadian citizen resident in the UK can vote in UK elections), and of course, Hong Kong is ex-commonwealth so I think it's more nuanced than you're giving it credit for. The Crown was sovereign over Hong Kong for more than 150 years.
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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by Normal_gaussian on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:47AM (#23688056)
Framed as a move to spit in the eye of someone else (in this case China) it would be likely to gain overwhelming support.
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Re:China has passed a national security law for Hong Kong by kmlx on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:18AM (#23687913)
it wasn't about that. they left the EU club because they thought were getting far less out of it then they should have. while I don't agree with that, I do understand it.
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