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China said on Friday the joint declaration with Britain over Hong Kong, which laid the blueprint over how the city would be ruled after its return to China in 1997, was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance.
In response, Britain said the declaration remained in force and was a legally valid treaty to which it was committed to upholding.
The stark announcement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, that is sure to raise questions over Beijing’s commitment to Hong Kong’s core freedoms, came the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Hong Kong the “one country, two systems” formula was recognized “by the whole world”.
It was not immediately clear if Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang was attacking just the idea of continued British involvement in Hong Kong, which marks the 20th anniversary of Chinese rule on Saturday, or the principles in the document.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:02PM (1 child)
are you thinking this will turn into a protracted guerilla warfare?
at what point will another country step in? when tanks are crushing people in the streets?
if the SBJD [wikipedia.org] holds any water at all in an international court then china could be held to account for its actions in the medium to long term
think treaties being dissolved
disallowed completely from the 'south china sea' area
existing agreements and leases and land ownership with other countries nullified
cities demolished
did they learn nothing from Hiroshima and Nagasaki [wikipedia.org]?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:41PM
"Step in" as in, invade China? Let us know how that turns out.
In the past, European powers could send in troops to generally run around the country and disrupt things, but that was because China was a wimp at the time.
You mean, like the Tienanmen Square protests?
Who exactly would enforce that?
lolwut you're going off the deep end here buddy
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"