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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by drekipus on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:29PM (#30460552)
Hong Kong?
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by RC_ITR on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:33PM (#30460605)
that was a 99 year lease expiring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_for_the_Extension_o...

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by throw10920 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:48PM (#30461435)
...the Sino-British Joint Declaration is still in effect, until 2047.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by bllguo on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:26PM (#30461762)
Doesn't change the fact that HK was not "annexed," nor was/is it majority "unwilling."
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by cutemonster on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:09AM (#30465989)
It is majority unwilling. People there want real elections and independence

(Although now too late)

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by RC_ITR on Friday February 25, 2022 @11:03AM (#30468686)
You are talking about their government structure not whether or not they were willing to return to China.

Again the original point is that it was never an annexation, but even if it were, there was minimal protest and discontent in 1997.

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