Re:Hong Kong crowd booing China's anthem sparks police probe
by Retric on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:08PM
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If PRC was the same mess it was in the 50’s they could have ignored them without issue. The problem for the UK was they had something to lose from offending China and it was a politically tricky situation domestically. They needed to hand HK to someone and doing what was best for HK was never a serious consideration.
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Re:Hong Kong crowd booing China's anthem sparks police probe
by emodendroket on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:12PM
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I mean, sure, they probably could push around a weak state in violation of international law more easily; that's how they ended up administering the territory in the first place. I can't see what that implies though; the situation would have been just as sticky for cross-Strait relations if not more so.