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Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by sterlind on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:19PM (#23703192)
If the dad stays an astronaut, he will get lost in space once China finishes engulfing HK. I don't think HKers are going to be as worried about reducing their tax rates as staying free right now..
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by 99_00 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:45PM (#23703536)
The whole reason for getting Canadian citizenship is for the day that China engulfs HK and they want to leave. China isn't going to restrict the movement of hundreds of thousands of foreigners legally living in HK.

300,000 Canadians living in HK right now.

Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:31PM (#23704112)
> China isn't going to restrict the movement of hundreds of thousands of foreigners legally living in HK.

At least, they are less likely to do so than they are people who aren’t foreigners, although even them I wouldn’t want to bet my life on it.

China ending the two-systems arrangement in Hong Kong despite the Joint Declaration is basically saying “As far as HK (and, implicitly, anything we consider Chinese territory) is concerned, we aren't concerned about what other countries think, or international law or agreements, only power.”

Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by pinkfoot on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:37PM (#23704182)
Now you know how Iran feels :)
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:59PM (#23704439)
Well, not just Iran—the US does the same thing pretty blatantly a lot, and it's pretty much Israel’s only mode of operation. There's an argument that it's essentially all of international politics, masked by the fact that most countries, on all but the most existential issues, see the power vs interest calculus as favoring adhering to consensus international law and direct agreements.
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents by magicsmoke on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:57PM (#23703710)
Yep, the CCP is going after political dissidents. Expats that keep their head down while making money in HK aren't going to be affected.