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[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by duck_duck

I'm happy hong kong is no longer a UK colony. It seems the british just want to lay down and die. They will not stand up for anything or for themselves anymore

I do believe they honorably held up to a lease that expired and the Chinese gov was not going to re-new. I would say that is a bit better than many attempts by many countries to colonize places that did not want outsiders. They just did there part in the bargain IMHO.

[duck_duck]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I do believe they honorably held up to a lease that expired and the Chinese gov was not going to re-new. I would say that is a bit better than many attempts by many countries to colonize places that did not want outsiders. They just did there part in the bargain IMHO.

You misunderstand me. I am happy the british left hong kong not because of a lease but because they are weak now. They will not stand up for themselves anymore so why would I expect them to stand up for hong kong if it were still british?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by duck_duck

They will not stand up for themselves anymore so why would I expect them to stand up for hong kong if it were still british?

I bet they would stand up for themselves, although they would certainly be outmatched against all of China, as would any country today. I think they handled the Iran crisis fairly well.

[King]

Originally Posted by duck_duck

You misunderstand me. I am happy the british left hong kong not because of a lease but because they are weak now. They will not stand up for themselves anymore so why would I expect them to stand up for hong kong if it were still british?

I'm pretty sure we would have if the people of Hong Kong wanted us to, although I guess it would have depended on the government at the time. We stood up for the Falkland Islanders.