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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 13 2019, @11:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the he-said-she-said dept.

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over Hong Kong, which laid the blueprint over how the city would be ruled after its return to China in 1997, was a historical document that no longer had any practical significance.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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @03:10PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @03:10PM (#880256)

    That treaty was not made with Chairman Mao.

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:30PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:30PM (#880305)

    And the assumption is that, if they say "that treaty was with some other country, not us", that means that they get Hong Kong back? Why?

    Or would it make more sense, in an absence of any agreement, to say "whoever currently occupies and runs the place owns it"?

    Or you could always invade, I suppose.

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    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:36PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:36PM (#880307)

      I guess the Brits decided that they didn't want to arbitrarily be dicks to China when they were a rising global power. If China was generally abiding by their other treaty obligations, makes sense.

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