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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hong Kong was returned to china by the UK as agreed when it was leased. None (few?) of the people living there at the time of handowver were alive when the agreement was made but they were living in Hong Kong on borrowed tine regardless, legally speaking. It's a very different situation to an illegal invasion.

China not getting Hong Kong back as a territory would have been more damaging to international law and order and international treaties and agreements. International treaties and agreements are supposed to outlive those who agreed them. It's between nations, not people.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, much as I dislike how it turned out and how China has been ignoring what post-unification rules there were on Hong Kong, the return itself was above board. Had I been living in Hong Kong in the years leading up I'd have taken the opportunity to get out if at all possible.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Idk about above board, the nation it was supposed to be returned to doesn't exist anymore.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successor_state

Example:

USSR --> Succeeded by Russian Federation and they inherited the UN seat and the Non Proliferation Treaty

ROC --> UN members voted to recognize PRC as the representative of "China"

Returning Hong Kong to China wasn't the issue, the issue is that PRC does not have democracy. If they had democracy, I doubt anyone would care that Hong Kong became part of China.

I don't think Hong Kongers want to secede, per se, they just want freedom.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

If they had democracy, I doubt anyone would care that Hong Kong became part of China.

I certainly wouldn't. If anything I'd probably celebrate it.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a not uncommon pattern to have "successor states" that inherit the treaties and obligations of the previous ones. For example how Russia "inherited" the Soviet Union's position on the UN Security Council, or how Canada is bound by treaties with the First Nations that were signed by Britain (who we were a colony of at the time).

Would have been a Big Funny if Britain had handed Hong Kong off to Taiwan instead, though.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah that would have been awesome.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 4 points 5 days ago

According to the BBC:

What was agreed for the future of Hong Kong?

China agreed to govern Hong Kong under the principle of "one country, two systems", where the city would enjoy "a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs" for the next 50 years.

Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region, and would retain certain freedoms, including:

an independent judiciary

multiple political parties

freedom of assembly and speech

The territory has its own mini-constitution - the Basic Law - that enshrines these rights.

It states that "the ultimate aim" is to elect the territory's leader, the chief executive, "by universal suffrage" and "in accordance with democratic procedures".

What actually happened is the Chinese Government immediately went in with their military, restructured the legislative body, and cracked down hard on any dissent.