@Outsideness Which in your view is?
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Replying to @howardvaan
@howardvaan@Outsideness The Rule of Law? Being an experimental city-system, tax heaven and techno-commercial hub?1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @SanNuvola
@SanNuvola@Outsideness All of this was true before handover to PRC1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @howardvaan
@howardvaan@SanNuvola Fat Pang ended the honorable history of British colonialism on a despicably sour note.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@SanNuvola Last minute reforms, including widening electorate, were popular within HK, but did not favour Beijing, hence canned1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @howardvaan
@howardvaan@SanNuvola "Last minute reforms" indeed, which looked very much like attempts to poison the baby prior to its adoption.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@howardvaan@SanNuvola A decent UK government would have offered the Hong Kong people an exit option, rather than engineering their voice.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@howardvaan I doubt China would have bought back an HK with an exit option... and anyway, exit into what?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SanNuvola
@SanNuvola@howardvaan Hongkongers had British passports, which the UK government reneged on, with Fat Pang's machinations as 'recompense'.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@SanNuvola@howardvaan If the UK had said "of course, the excellent people of HK are welcome to relocate their human capital to Britain" ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SanNuvola @howardvaan ... China would have had no option but to accept that situation. But Britain preferred to reserve ...
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Replying to @Outsideness
@SanNuvola@howardvaan ... its immigration tolerance for illiterate Pakistani hill tribes than for civilized and productive people.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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