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    10 days ago

    I don’t think we can accept your argument, because in point in fact Hong Kong was an independent country. Certainly trying to disagree but now we’re getting into a definition question, but if that’s going to stop us from applying the proposed principle, then we can do that in every situation.

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      10 days ago

      HK has literally never been independent, it went from being a Qing fishing village to a British concession, to a British overseas territory and then to a PRC special autonomous region.

      It came close to full autonomy during the end of British rule and the start of PRC rule (before Xi), but it never has been independent.