HK government has continued to govern the city the way it had been governed under British rule – as a colony. Except that, in the past, the HK government took instructions from London, and they now expect instructions from Beijing. Instructions that, quite likely, never come.
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this is spot on
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The big difference is instructions from a colonial master are mostly given based on short-term calculations.
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Foolish to think the HK government’s been acting the way it has due to a lack of guidance from the CCP
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'opportunity has clearly been squandered.' Obsequiously so, and from 1997 onwards in the view of many. Sad.
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WTF? That's specified by the basic law. Don't you know HK is just a city of China? It's the year 2019, right?
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A colony doesn't need to transfer tax to central government? That's new.
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What a stupid comparison! Why do they have one country 2 systems? The system in HK is incompatible with China’s.
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