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Later in her life Margret Thatcher lamented that one of her regrets was not being able to convince the Chinese to extend the British lease on Hong Kong.
Realistically could we have seen a world where Hong Kong was still under British possession? Would China have militarily invaded at some point had the British not agreed to the 1997 hand over or was that just bluster?