As we all know, in 1985 the British government agreed to hand over control of Hong Kong to the PRC by 1997. However - what would happen if this joint declaration never happened? What if British nationalism prevented it, or the Chinese government simply decided against it. Surely the Chinese weren't willing to go to war over one island. Would their be pushes for independence? Or would Hong Kong be eventually integrated into the UK fully - forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Hong Kong? I think that would be a very interesting scenario, but how plausible is it?