Who ask the retarded dumb ass poms to sign a 99 year lease instead of taking the whole thing?
Singapore is China's top investor for many years, Singapore is more worried about war in China than China itself.There will be a global alliance against China... including certain countries once thought to be buddies and comrades of China.
Sinkieland/PAP too chickenshit, dare not offend those clowns at 150 Tanglin Road.... no worries, just stay in your safe space at the back and let real men do the fighting on the frontline.
I think you're right. no benefit to be gained from an attack. I think they're threatening hoping that Taiwan will give in. But history has shown that to be futile.
The lease was for new territories. I am not sure about kowloon. But hong Kong island was britiish territory.
Xi jinping is a nutcase. We can be assured if a nutcase is in charge, war is a definite. Damage to economy etc is not his concern. Nut terirtorial conquest is priority to install patriotic fervour amd pride among The Hans although taiwan is essentially a orang island.
Hk cannot do without the NT as the reservoirs are there
More likely, thatcher wanted to appease china for trade preferential. Jardine matheson, hksb all left for london in 1997.
At tat time. The ChiCons could just over run hk......so the poms were stuck between a rock n a hard place. Also the poms got to spend huge amount of hk money on British companies. Short term gains. Anyway all boils down to the fuck up with the 99 yr lease instead of taking the whole damn thing
