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by thaumasiotes 2186 days ago
> Also, HK is handed over to China on the basis of the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration. It's not a one and done deal. 50 years of no change is one of the basis on the handover, and China is breaking it right now.

It is a one-and-done deal unless you believe that Britain is willing to wage war on China over it.
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av_engr 2185 days ago
You don't have to wage a war upon a broken treaty. China even complained that UK was considering giving path to citizenship to British National Oversea passport holders. Many things can be done. Point is, an international treaty is broken and it doesn't make sense to justify because "china is big and powerful", we need to hold China accountable (and US/UK/western countries definitely have the power to do so)
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thaumasiotes 2185 days ago
> we need to hold China accountable (and US/UK/western countries definitely have the power to do so)

This is not obvious.

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