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  1. 07-03-20, 10:12 #21
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    I love Hong Kong, fun city, great food, always wanted to go visit again but with all this coco19 and the chicom heavy hand oppression I'm changing my mind. Also wanted to go to Shanghai due to its reputation of East meets West culture, it's going to be a long time and I'm getting old.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha-17 View Post
    Not strictly true. The New Territories and outlying islands were leased, but the rest (Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutter's Island) were permanently ceded to Britain. It would have been difficult and awkward to split Hong Kong, but not impossible (Berlin comes to mind). Britain didn't really care for the hassle, however, and didn't want to worry about the problem anymore. Very familiar, and very common for the Brits to do post-WWII.
    Technical point to you. Glad to defer to someone who actually knows a subject.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam View Post
    I love Hong Kong, fun city, great food, always wanted to go visit again but with all this coco19 and the chicom heavy hand oppression I'm changing my mind. Also wanted to go to Shanghai due to its reputation of East meets West culture, it's going to be a long time and I'm getting old.
    I really, really wanted to see the pyramids and Cairo museum in person one day. I was really hoping for the Arab Spring to be an actual thing. But post 9-11 Egypt just isn't going to work for me.

    Hong Kong was also on my "maybe one day" list. Now it's not for all the reasons you stated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam View Post
    I love Hong Kong, fun city, great food, always wanted to go visit again but with all this coco19 and the chicom heavy hand oppression I'm changing my mind. Also wanted to go to Shanghai due to its reputation of East meets West culture, it's going to be a long time and I'm getting old.
    Shanghai was like Chicago but full of Asians. Hong Kong was just different . Disneyland meets a compact San Francisco? I was there for work when I get to go. Not really sight seeing.
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    Well, the globalist/communist UN says it's good China is cracking down on Hong Kong. Oh, and just for laughs the Human Rights Council is led by Cuba.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/at-...kong-crackdown
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