Who benefited more from the lease of Hong Kong - China or Britain?
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>>51532388
Obviously from Queensland, NSW, or WA as that is terrible.
>>51532368
Britain, obviously
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Britain as we get the revenues from Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
China, because Hong Kong literally didn't exist before the British, and wouldn't exist to China today without them.
>>51532430
Wrong
nations that 'forced' their anglo masters to leave
>shit holes
>designated shitting streets
>rapes and murders
Nations/territories that peacefully parted with their anglo masters and allowed GB to still be a part of their government
>god tier
>shining beacons of model nations
ghandi was a fuckign moron lmao
>>51532601
Britain turned it into a hub of capitalism and free trade. When the lease ran out and China re-absorbed it, it is inevitable that these ideas influenced (and will further influence) China.
During that 99 years many links were created between Hong Kong and London, these are enduring. For example large business like HSBC. Matters of culture.
What happened this year? The Chinese signalled their intent to transition to a service economy with British help. Which city did the Chinese choose to be their Western Renminbi hub? They chose London, of course. Part of the reason is the existing deep connections between our countries because of HK's colonial legacy
Britain entered the Asia-Pacific many many years ago and never left. Even the British military presence remained in East Asia after the 1971 official dismantlement of Empire. To this day it remains, and so do the business links
And we benefit, today.
China did for certain.
All that knowledge they learned from British administration of the island which has been applied to other SEZs, technology, information and the huge unique cultural aspects to Hong Kong as well that open China to the outside world.
It's a global backdrop and its cinema is one of the few that have penetrated western markets, which all developed under British rule.
>>51532869
You mentioned the British ideas that the Chinese absorbed, which have helped the relationship between the UK and China to grow stronger, and somehow think this hasn't benefited us?
Both benefited of course.
>>51532864
>>51532539
Yeh, but China got a multi-trillion dollar city...
>>51532368
The Hong Kongers we didn't even collect tax from them desu
