China is breaking Hong Kong treaty with UK, says Boris Johnson

Guardian ^ | Jul 1, 2020 | Patrick Wintour

[ifinnegan]

Boris Johnson denounced China’s imposition of a security law on Hong Kong as a “clear and serious” violation of its treaty with Britain, vowing to introduce a bespoke five-year visa for as many as 2.9 million Hong Kong citizens with British national (overseas) status.

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He said “China has broken its promise to the people of Hong Kong under its own laws. 
China has breached its international obligations to the United Kingdom under the joint declaration.
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[elbook]

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UK can join us in NATIONAL DISTANCING from the Chi-Com Plague Pit

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[hanamizu]

“The USSR was a permanent member too.”

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Of the Security Council. USSR also had 3 seats in the UN General Assembly: USSR, Ukraine, and Byelorussia because—well just because.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Well, we do have two aircraft carriers that carry much better aircraft than China’s minicarrier, and nuclear submarines that aren’t noisy af.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Admittedly that wouldn’t help get HK back, given they’re in range of China’s shore-based aircraft and missiles.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Well, we’re doing the taking in HKers part.