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fodor@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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Womble@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Hong Kong was an independent country

Not too sure about that. PRC’s PLA has literally been in HK since 1997. You can’t really call yourself “independent” when you have an outside force occupying you.

Taiwan does have its own military, so that’s why they are considered de facto independant.

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