hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
China has been politically part of PRC since, what, 97? It is not moving closer to China at this point. After Beijing installed a puppet, it became a definitive part of PRC. Hell, they are arresting news organizations. The UK held up their end of the deal, and PRC isn’t following through on theirs
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
If they didn’t want to be annexed by China, they shouldn’t have signed a treaty to do so.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
What? They didn’t sign the treaty. The treaty was between the PRC and the UK. HK didn’t sign….
tardigrada@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
The agreement was signed by the UK and China (in 1947 if I’m not mistaken). As @hddsx already said, it is China that doesn’t hold up to the deal.
That aside, there is no reason to violate the universal human, no matter what the agreement says.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
It was signed in 1984: en.wikipedia.org/…/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
You are otherwise correct.
China is in clear violation of the agreement, since it explicitly stated that civil rights should remain protected for fifty years following the 1997 handover date.
papertowels@lemmy.one 5 weeks ago
Now that’s a bold and uninformed take.