I don’t live in China, but looking at the historical reason why HongKong was leased for 100 years to the British, and the Opium wars in general, I’m sort of surprised at how many people cannot understand why China, including both the governing party and the people, would want HongKong to be governed under the ruling party of China.
I’m from the US, and the way I consider this is if the US were forced to lease Hawaii to China for 100 years, after which the agreement said that Hawaii wouldn’t be leased anymore. During this time, the local Hawaiian government established itself to rule on federally governed issues, often with Chinese pressure. I would probably want the government of Hawaii significantly reigned in once the lease came up.
I am not advocating for the CCP, but I wanted to offer why I don’t think it is crazy for China to have done the things they did. The above was considered when I wanted to invest more in the HK market in the last few years, but decided ultimately that China would definitely rule HK with an iron fist. I don’t think I agree with the fairness of any of this, but there is no fairness in international politics imo.
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I don’t live in China, but looking at the historical reason why HongKong was leased for 100 years to the British, and the Opium wars in general, I’m sort of surprised at how many people cannot understand why China, including both the governing party and the people, would want HongKong to be governed under the ruling party of China. I’m from the US, and the way I consider this is if the US were forced to lease Hawaii to China for 100 years, after which the agreement said that Hawaii wouldn’t be leased anymore. During this time, the local Hawaiian government established itself to rule on federally governed issues, often with Chinese pressure. I would probably want the government of Hawaii significantly reigned in once the lease came up. I am not advocating for the CCP, but I wanted to offer why I don’t think it is crazy for China to have done the things they did. The above was considered when I wanted to invest more in the HK market in the last few years, but decided ultimately that China would definitely rule HK with an iron fist. I don’t think I agree with the fairness of any of this, but there is no fairness in international politics imo.