Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life

Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by toyg on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:45PM (#24393138)

The UK effectively offered asylum to millions of HKers, in a move basically unprecedented after WWII, and drew a line over previous plans to coordinate on things like 5G and nuclear. What else could they have done? In a world of superpowers, the UK alone is small potatoes.

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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by andi999 on Monday September 07, 2020 @07:12AM (#24398564)

Any source for that asylum claim?

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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by toyg on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:16AM (#24398883)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53246899

Also discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23701333

I am absolutely no fan of the current UK admin but on this issue I think they've done the decent thing (which surprised me, tbh).

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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by andi999 on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:56AM (#24399101)

thanks. just to clarify, it is not asylum and not yet available (but this is not criticism it is very good) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/british-nationals-overseas-in-ho... I dont know about the uk, but prob biggest diff to asylum is, that people in asylum get money/provisions while in this scheme you need to bring money (modest 6 month worth though)

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