James G
Gone Fishin'
The end of the 99 year lease on the New Territories is always going to make an independent Hong Kong near impossible.
All of the infrastructure that would make them viable as an independent nation was located there. Legally, that 80+ % of the colony had to go back to China in 1997.
Where would HK get its drinking water from? Where would all those people from there live in the newer, smaller HK?
The shipping ports were up there too, which, along with the financial centre, made HK what it was/is.
I suppose that political chaos in China could cause a new deal to be done in the 1950-90 time period, but that's hard for me to forsee.
All of the infrastructure that would make them viable as an independent nation was located there. Legally, that 80+ % of the colony had to go back to China in 1997.
Where would HK get its drinking water from? Where would all those people from there live in the newer, smaller HK?
The shipping ports were up there too, which, along with the financial centre, made HK what it was/is.
I suppose that political chaos in China could cause a new deal to be done in the 1950-90 time period, but that's hard for me to forsee.