I haven’t followed this story closely, but I’m wondering why anyone would be surprised to see China treat Hong Kong no differently than the rest of China.
A treaty signed decades ago.
Now renounced by the Red Chinese.
I look for relocations from HK this year.
“I haven’t followed this story closely, but I’m wondering why anyone would be surprised to see China treat Hong Kong no differently than the rest of China?
The part of your statement before the common explains the part after the comma. Were it not for the first part you might understand why anyone would be surprised.
And while surprised altogether maybe no one should be, for even if Beijing had kept the promises made for the full fifty years, that fifty years would have come to their natural end.
Maybe some measure of legitimate “surprise” is to “why NOW”, at this time.
For that we’d need to summon a Chinese tea leaf reader who can discern the inner mind of the politburo in Beijing.
but I’m wondering why anyone would be surprised to see China treat Hong Kong no differently than the rest of China.
Remember back in '97 when Hong Kong was returned to China and the US media covered and celebrated the event like it was something really good?
I remember watching that and thinking, WTF?