UK offers 3mil Hong Kong Residents Citizenship offer

[Ihavewaffles]

This is nothing short of uk interfering with Chinese territorial integrity.

[Saltysquidoon]

Unless ol' uncle Winnie has convinced the Chinese government to give him time manipulation powers, Mad Bad Boris is within his rights to interfere in the situation

[PC2]

This is going to backfire spectacularly

How? Hong Kong isn't going to become a super shitty place where most people want to leave. This policy would make it easier for "at risk" people to escape to the UK. Which is good.

[Grapemask]

I'm sorry, I'm going to need a few days to stop laughing hysterically over the usual suspects suddenly being ecstatic about refugees.

[PC2]

I'm sorry, I'm going to need a few days to stop laughing hysterically over the usual suspects suddenly being ecstatic about refugees.

Except these 3 million people aren't refugees and comparing these folks to the millions of people who left Syria would be an apples to oranges comparison.

[Grapemask]

Except these 3 million people aren't refugees and comparing these folks to the millions of people who left Syria would be an apples to oranges comparison.

See, like this here, absolutely hysterical. Knowing nothing about these 3 million people, you make a positive assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population; knowing nothing about the refugees heading through Europe, you guys make a negative assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population. Absolutely no self awareness. Fresh memes don't get this good.

[PC2]

See, like this here, absolutely hysterical. Knowing nothing about these 3 million people, you make a positive assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population; knowing nothing about the refugees heading through Europe, you guys make a negative assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population. Absolutely no self awareness. Fresh memes don't get this good.

lol I was just pointing out how this isn't a refugee scenario so the comparison makes no sense. These 3 million Hong Kongers aren't troubled people who live in a troubled location so I don't understand how a person can count them as refugees.

[Thee ANCOM]

See, like this here, absolutely hysterical. Knowing nothing about these 3 million people, you make a positive assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population; knowing nothing about the refugees heading through Europe, you guys make a negative assumption about their characteristics across the entirety of the population. Absolutely no self awareness. Fresh memes don't get this good.

easier for right wingers to justify why people should flee from communists then from the product of western imperialism. also a heaping teaspoon of racism.

[Mayhem]

lol I was just pointing out how this isn't a refugee scenario so the comparison makes no sense. These 3 million Hong Kongers aren't troubled people who live in a troubled location so I don't understand how a person can count them as refugees.

I thought they burned stuff down and had to fight with the police in the streets... apparently that is not troubling enough.

[CostinR]

Boris is just doing this to express how angry he is with China over the whole COVID thing, also to virtue signal that yes he does care for human rights.

[Coolthulhu]

I thought they burned stuff down and had to fight with the police in the streets... apparently that is not troubling enough.

Do you even know why they were protesting? Have you been living under a rock ever since 2014? At this points they're rhetorical questions I'm afraid.
I'll just point out that international news reported about it extensively, one of the leaders of the protests made it to the TIME's cover, and the revolution as a whole made it to the TIME's cover at least three times. And that's on top of every single major news outlet covering the events extensively.

[Mayhem]

Do you even know why they were protesting? Have you been living under a rock ever since 2014? At this points they're rhetorical questions I'm afraid.
I'll just point out that international news reported about it extensively, one of the leaders of the protests made it to the TIME's cover, and the revolution as a whole made it to the TIME's cover at least three times. And that's on top of every single major news outlet covering the events extensively.

Please troll someone else, thanks. Your post has literally nothing to do with mine, zero.

[xenogear3]

Millions of people smuggled into Hong Kong in 1960s during the Great Chinese Famine.
60 years later, their children have to move into other places again.

Hong Kong has no tax. It creates too many rich people.
It is just a matter of time to be targeted by someone.

[PC2]

Millions of people smuggled into Hong Kong in 1960s during the Great Chinese Famine.
60 years later, their children have to move into other places again.

Hong Kong has no tax. It creates too many rich people.
It is just a matter of time to be targeted by someone.

The fact that it creates so much rich people and wealth is precisely why China won't turn it into a shithole though.

[Easo]

The fact that it creates so much rich people and wealth is precisely why China won't turn it into a shithole though.

Depends. China has become much more richer and there are other cities to replace Hong Kong. In the longterm it likely is not critical to let it fall.

[Rasulis]

Depends. China has become much more richer and there are other cities to replace Hong Kong. In the longterm it likely is not critical to let it fall.

That is true. Although HK still has the advantage, even when compared to Shanghai, when it comes to raising fund for new IPOs.

[Easo]

That is true. Although HK still has the advantage, even when compared to Shanghai, when it comes to raising fund for new IPOs.

Yep. It all depends what CCP decides is worth loosing.

[Coolthulhu]

Please troll someone else, thanks. Your post has literally nothing to do with mine, zero.

Funny how you try to spin things around, accusing others of trolling when you are the one making false comparisons and ignoring the context. And your only rebuttal is "you're trolling", which is natural because it can't be an actual rebuttal would be impossible.

[smityx]

And as soon as they started to leave China would not issue exit authority to Hong Kong residents out of China.

[Slant]

Why is it an empty gesture?

What's that gonna solve for the people in HK? 3 Million? Only a fraction is actually going to move. They're going to be the most dissatisfied, educated elite, I wager. The poor people have to stay in HK. And now their support base has shrunk. England is *not* helping. But it sure looks good on British tabloid headlines.