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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by _AdAstra_ on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:39PM (#32171977)
Does not seem to be a democratic way of handling secession. Makes me wonder why Hong Kong should be free in the view of most westeners, but not Texas...
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by cyberge99 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:08PM (#32174147)
Because China signed a 50 year pact saying as much.
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by trasz on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:16AM (#32178950)
Nope - the pact introduced the "one country, two systems", and that is still in place. Also HK citizens themselves aren't exactly opposed to the new situation: https://research.hktdc.com/en/article/NTY0NDU0NDI3.
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