“Hong Kong Independence was possible when the Brits gave it back. Not now. Was stupid then and it is now.”
Yes.
It still is.
PRC have breached the agreement. It’s an international treaty.
People act as if Hong Kongers aren’t people and have no rights and as if the agreement for PRC to have responsibility for protecting Hong Kong is some sort of divine decree.
It wasn’t.
If a party breaches, the agreement becomes void.
I agree that the agreement had been voided by China. China had agreed to leave Hong Kong essentially alone for 50 years (until 2047)...and now their puppet Hong Kong government was about to send ‘hooligans’ (a little Communist lingo there) to China for ‘treatment’. So the people of Hong Kong are rightfully pissed.
But now what...do we, or any other country, try to battle China over Hong Kong, should they go in and declare martial law? My point being that the agreement is only as good as the countries on either side are capable of enforcing it.
I guess we can try a real trade war or reneging on our debt, and see what happens, but that’s about it.