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Would China respect this, or would they immediately invade the Republic of Hong Kong?
As I understand i the treaty applied to the new territories rather than HK itself That being true this new Republic of Hong Kong would consist of what? island of HK or the whole lot?Would China respect this, or would they immediately invade the Republic of Hong Kong?
The whole thingAs I understand i the treaty applied to the new territories rather than HK itself That being true this new Republic of Hong Kong would consist of what? island of HK or the whole lot?
Ok, so they just pissed over the treaty. The question is not when they PRC invade its whenThe whole thing
Ok, so they just pissed over the treaty. The question is not when they PRC invade its when
The Republic of Hong Kong can invite Republic of China troops to garrison Hong Kong, would that work.Would China respect this, or would they immediately invade the Republic of Hong Kong?
The Republic of Hong Kong can invite Republic of China troops to garrison Hong Kong, would that work.
And a independent Republic of Hong Kong would not trigger a war then.That would trigger a war between the PRC and RoC. That could escalate far beyond the region.
The world watched on as they ran over their own people with tanks back in 89, I think the world would watch again as they brutally annex another territory that the West has little intention of defending in the first place.Big, mighty China invading a tiny city state would not look good.
TibetBig, mighty China invading a tiny city state would not look good.
Of course they'd take the territories.Would China respect this, or would they immediately invade the Republic of Hong Kong?
Yeah? And who'd care? The UK breaking a treaty would elicit far more condemnation.Big, mighty China invading a tiny city state would not look good.
Nah, UK wouldn't get flack for ditching a treaty against an authoritarian state that already on a lot of people's shit list anyways. What the UK would get a lot of flack for would be the way they half assed their attempt to do the "morally correct" thing (i.e. attempting to protect the little democracies except unlike the Falklands they don't want to ignite a war over it).The UK breaking a treaty would elicit far more condemnation.
A unicorn: a PRC that's militarily strong (both in number of nukes as well as force projection capabilities, which implies a strong economy and high tech sector), hardcore communist, far too willing to export the world revolution, and not willing to play by the standard rulebook of international diplomacy.And I have no idea what could create that environment.
It wouldn'tThat would trigger a war between the PRC and RoC. That could escalate far beyond the region.
Taipei's pretty screwed then. The US won't back them over that idiocy.And a independent Republic of Hong Kong would not trigger a war then.