Originally Posted by
Ihavewaffles
Hong Kong has no more legal right to own system than any other city-region in China has, no special status is given to a place cuz it's stolen. You can't say HK was represented legally by its colonial master. That's just absurd. Any special treaty is only signed to unlock british colonial grip, that doesn't mean China wanted those conditions.
Besides, this treaty, you know 2 systems are a joke? Cuz it says that in 2042 the treaty is finalized as one-system beijing rule, not two. This is admitting the theft n eventual loss of influence by the colonial thief.
So, all u going on about "independent legal system" by pointing to a treaty that says it will end up as not being that in the end..
Amur doesn't belong to China, the ethnic group there, the Manchus are not ethnic Han Chinese in any way, they are Mongol tribe that ruled China for a bit.
Amur isn't populated by Han Chinese, whose opinions I couldn't care less about especially after they committed genocide on the Manchu n now claim the land as theirs which is just laughable..The region is populated mostly by ethnic Russians. Beijing has no more right to it than Russia has to Alaska today.
And don't start with Japan n Kuril Islands, Russia took the northern islands that were unpopulated at the time n claimed by nobody, Japan similarly expanded at the same time n took the Southern ones. Imperial Japan then stole northern islands which they NEVER have had, from Russia, took Vladivostok (!), Korea, China, etc.
Soviet Union later tried to make peace treaty with Japan after ww2 for both countries to go back to their original possessed islands, Japan refused cuz it was firmly under US control that wanted northern islands as well to cut off USSR from the Pacific...
So, the time has long passed, Kurils is populated by Russians n for sucking up to USA, Japan ends up with nothing...that's what you get for not standing up for your own interest n ask permission from others...Russia isn't about to de-populate Kurils for the sake of Japan, a country that still hasn't apologized for its ww2 crimes n feels no shame n still is unwilling to sign end of ww2 treaty (!), basically Japan hasn't aknowledged end of ww2 with Russia...they are like that lone Japanese soldier alone on his island thinking the war is still going on...well, Japan may one day wake the fuck up n start behaving like they are living in the present n make their own decisions...but I bet it's not anytime soon...
Anyways, Amur is populated by Russians, HK was some small fishing village that grew into a huge city economic zone n that was done with the influx of ethnic han chinese..that makes it very different cases that can't just be compared like you do..