AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
The version of the Hong Kong handover I read was it was on the heels of the Falklands War when negotiations over the handover were to begin and the British were all hawkish taunting about keeping Hong Kong and breaking the treaty. Deng Xiaoping said to the British when it's 1997, the Chinese will be entering the city no matter what. The British testicles were cut-off and they went into talks. Before that Hong Kong was only known for cheap crappy products. The British wanted to turn Hong Kong into a poison pill for China hence when they first talked about democracy when they never entertained it before and also opening Hong Kong up financially. So don't believe the bull that the British are so proper that they believe in the rule of law and they cared about democracy for Hong Kong when they were in control.