I hope this doesn't get ugly when people try to actually leave.
On the bright side, I wonder what good things this will do for the UK. I doubt many of these people will vote Torry.
Britain to give millions of HKers a path to citizenship
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#12As someone from a country that was formerly part of the British Empire, I am viewing the situation in Hong Kong with horror. There are many negative things about the British legacy, but they gave us a global language, institutions, law, and notions of personal and economic freedom. The idea of all that being eaten by China...
Might makes right, nothing we can do about it unless people are willing to die to protect them.
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#13The Sino-British Joint Declaration was a mistake. What did they think would happen? If not now then what about in 2047?! Were they hoping that was enough time to warm the new generations to the idea of giving up their rights?
There is no fixing this, but I appreciate the effort by the British. Many will not want to leave, understandably. But the threat of draining HK is an interesting sort of pressure to put on China..
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nah I think in HK's case it would be awesome. They'd have the autonomy to set up their own laws and regulations similar to what they currently have. I know this is a pie in the sky proposal but in my ideal world this would be a thing.
That sounds like a terrible idea. That would give china an excuse to try to kick the us out of asia.
If you mean our military bases in Japan and South Korea, who have no great trust of China, I'm not sure why China's opinion would be relevant there. If it's not controversial for Britain to offer them citizenship then it shouldn't be for US either. Even if it is...you gotta stand up to communism.
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#15I wish the U.S. could make a New Hong Kong territory on the west coast somewhere. I think that would give the HKers access to the Pacific and a place to rebuild. I'd love to have those brilliant entrepreneurs and engineers over here.
I wish HKer in the U.S. and Britain can have their own system (One country Two system). Otherwise it is worse than China.
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#16I wish the U.S. could make a New Hong Kong territory on the west coast somewhere. I think that would give the HKers access to the Pacific and a place to rebuild. I'd love to have those brilliant entrepreneurs and engineers over here.
I think we should let the UK pay for its sins for a change. Setting up anything "autonomous" with its own laws and customs is a terrible idea. Assimilation should be a requirement for immigration.
Really, are Puerto Rico and Guam really that bad of a concept? I don't think so. Most of the western US was simply U.S. territory for decades.
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#17The Sino-British Joint Declaration was a mistake. What did they think would happen? If not now then what about in 2047?! Were they hoping that was enough time to warm the new generations to the idea of giving up their rights? There is no fixing this, but I appreciate the effort by the British. Many will not want to leave, understandably. But the threat of draining HK is an interesting sort of pressure to put on China…
Mistake what? Risk a war with China?
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#18I wish the U.S. could make a New Hong Kong territory on the west coast somewhere. I think that would give the HKers access to the Pacific and a place to rebuild. I'd love to have those brilliant entrepreneurs and engineers over here.
I wish HKer in the U.S. and Britain can have their own system (One country Two system). Otherwise it is worse than China.
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#19UK and West+EU hasnt got enough enrichment by the hands of anti whites using open borders + Diversity and multiculturalism to destroy white nations and western freedom
Besides the mass hordes of ISLAMIC INVASION and BLACKS, now we need more asians that will vote for
- wealth redistrubtion
- GST/VAT
- Welfare
- Pandering to old people/disabled/women
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#20First Hong Kong, next Taiwan?