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[–] ours 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fear he was looking at it from China's side.

[–] CheeseNoodle 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ours 3 points 1 year ago

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.