Re:Hong Kong crowd booing China's anthem sparks police probe
by skissane on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:46PM
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The problem with that is that the UK had been one of the first Western nations to recognise PRC, all the way back in 1950.
I think in hindsight, this was a big mistake on UK's part. Not that they shouldn't have recognised PRC eventually, but they should have held off doing so and extracted greater concessions in exchange. They gave away one of their biggest pieces of leverage at the very start of the game.
I think in hindsight, this was a big mistake on UK's part. Not that they shouldn't have recognised PRC eventually, but they should have held off doing so and extracted greater concessions in exchange. They gave away one of their biggest pieces of leverage at the very start of the game.