”There is no reason Hong Kong should be under PRC sovereignty.
It was a dirty trick played on Hong Kong.”
Yeah, signing a 99 year lease, and actually having both sides honor the terms is a real trick. /S
“They never asked to be under ChiCom rule.”
Thy didn’t have a choice. They are lucky they got the deal they did.
“One party has broken it, the ChiComs, it is therefore an international issue. UK in fact has an obligation to address it.”
Good luck with that.
They didn’t sign a lease with the PRC.
The 99 year lease was not signed with the Revolutionary opposition forces of Chairman Mao, it was signed with the legitimate previous government of China.
The problem was when the revolutionaries were recognized and given ‘legitimacy.’ In our case it was the dumbass Jimmy Carter who extended formal recognition in 1979. The UK attempted to do so right after WW2 but it was rejected... I think they finally did it in 1950.
I suppose we could simply formally recognize Taiwan if the PRC gets violent with HK.