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Is Boris Johnson our Nero?
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<blockquote data-quote="Exfarmer" data-source="post: 6982378" data-attributes="member: 1951"><p>Actually Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded permanently to Britain in 1840-1860. However the New Territories were leased in 1898 for 99 years. This area was in fact 98% of what we called Hong Kong. It provided much of the food ands more importantly the water supply for the city. Although The Chinese did not demand the return of Hong Kong and Kowloon , they could have shut it down in days by turning off the water if they wanted too. It had been Government policy for a long period that Hong Kong would have to be returned as a whole, but of course it was all part of negotiating an equitable deal for the large number of the Hong Kong population that Whitehall knew would want to come to Britain, if it appeared that the country was going to be forcibly occupied by a communist power. Thus all diplomatic pressure was put on the one country two system principle. It was in China's interest of course, that the wealth and intellectual knowledge, combined with the major banks other companies came into its orbit, with out being completely stripped in the run up to their takeover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exfarmer, post: 6982378, member: 1951"] Actually Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded permanently to Britain in 1840-1860. However the New Territories were leased in 1898 for 99 years. This area was in fact 98% of what we called Hong Kong. It provided much of the food ands more importantly the water supply for the city. Although The Chinese did not demand the return of Hong Kong and Kowloon , they could have shut it down in days by turning off the water if they wanted too. It had been Government policy for a long period that Hong Kong would have to be returned as a whole, but of course it was all part of negotiating an equitable deal for the large number of the Hong Kong population that Whitehall knew would want to come to Britain, if it appeared that the country was going to be forcibly occupied by a communist power. Thus all diplomatic pressure was put on the one country two system principle. It was in China's interest of course, that the wealth and intellectual knowledge, combined with the major banks other companies came into its orbit, with out being completely stripped in the run up to their takeover. [/QUOTE]
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