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minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBeing effectively conquered twice before being made to scede some of their land for a century while a foreign power floods the country with drugs?
minus-squareApollo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI think he meant lying when signing the handover treaty and not giving Hong Kongers the rights they agreed to for the time they agreed to.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoExactly this. Otherwise, nobody should expect me to defend the British Empire of all things. For all the bad things they did, at least they left HK as a democracy including some freedom of the press and expression.
Being effectively conquered twice before being made to scede some of their land for a century while a foreign power floods the country with drugs?
I think he meant lying when signing the handover treaty and not giving Hong Kongers the rights they agreed to for the time they agreed to.
Exactly this. Otherwise, nobody should expect me to defend the British Empire of all things.
For all the bad things they did, at least they left HK as a democracy including some freedom of the press and expression.