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Why didn't Britain introduce free elections to the people of HK as they did to Singapore in the 50s? WIth the only exception if HK, all the British colonies (India, Malaysia, Kenya, etc) were being granted free elections or full independence By 1960s.
Alone and against the Wind of Change, what had HK done to deserve such special, unjust punishment?
Beijing’s Hong Kong Disinformation:
Declassified records show China always opposed democracy, even when Hong Kong was a colony.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/gordon-crovitz-beijings-hong-kong-disinformation-1414366413
"Officials in Beijing claim they’re doing more for democracy in Hong Kong than Britain ever did in colonial days. ........ It’s pure disinformation.
According to recently declassified British records, Beijing warned London against democracy in Hong Kong soon after the communists took power on the mainland in 1949. In 1958 Premier Zhou Enlai opposed 'a plot or conspiracy to make Hong Kong a self-governing dominion like Singapore.' He warned that 'China would regard any move toward dominion status as a very unfriendly act. China wished the present colonial status of Hong Kong to continue with no change whatever.'
In 1960 Chinese officials went further: 'We shall not hesitate to take positive action to have Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories liberated' if Britain permitted 'self-government.'
Margaret Thatcher was taken aback when she encountered fierce opposition from Deng Xiaoping during the handover negotiations. ......Deng responded by warning Britain not to make any changes that would raise expectations for democracy. He warned that 'if there were very large disturbances in the next 15 years, the Chinese government would be forced to reconsider the time and formula' for the handover.
Hong Kong Democracy Standoff, Circa 1960
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/w...-push-against-hong-kong-elections-in-50s.html
"Chinese leaders were so opposed to the prospect of a democratic Hong Kong that they threatened to invade should London attempt to change the status quo.
Premier Zhou Enlai told a British military officer that any effort to introduce even a modicum of self-governance to Hong Kong would be viewed as 'a very unfriendly act' and a 'conspiracy,' one he suggested would be seen as a move to set the colony on a path to independence.
The threats had the desired effect. Britain made little effort to introduce electoral democracy in Hong Kong in the decades that followed."
"我是毛主席的一条狗，主席叫我咬谁，我就咬谁。” - 周小三 (The Chicom Evergreen No.3)
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Why didn't Britain introduce free elections to the people of HK as they did to Singapore in the 50s? WIth the only exception if HK, all the British colonies (India, Malaysia, Kenya, etc) were being granted free elections or full independence By 1960s.
Alone and against the Wind of Change, what had HK done to deserve such special, unjust punishment?
Beijing’s Hong Kong Disinformation:
Declassified records show China always opposed democracy, even when Hong Kong was a colony.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/gordon-crovitz-beijings-hong-kong-disinformation-1414366413
"Officials in Beijing claim they’re doing more for democracy in Hong Kong than Britain ever did in colonial days. ........ It’s pure disinformation.
According to recently declassified British records, Beijing warned London against democracy in Hong Kong soon after the communists took power on the mainland in 1949. In 1958 Premier Zhou Enlai opposed 'a plot or conspiracy to make Hong Kong a self-governing dominion like Singapore.' He warned that 'China would regard any move toward dominion status as a very unfriendly act. China wished the present colonial status of Hong Kong to continue with no change whatever.'
In 1960 Chinese officials went further: 'We shall not hesitate to take positive action to have Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories liberated' if Britain permitted 'self-government.'
Margaret Thatcher was taken aback when she encountered fierce opposition from Deng Xiaoping during the handover negotiations. ......Deng responded by warning Britain not to make any changes that would raise expectations for democracy. He warned that 'if there were very large disturbances in the next 15 years, the Chinese government would be forced to reconsider the time and formula' for the handover.
Hong Kong Democracy Standoff, Circa 1960
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/w...-push-against-hong-kong-elections-in-50s.html
"Chinese leaders were so opposed to the prospect of a democratic Hong Kong that they threatened to invade should London attempt to change the status quo.
Premier Zhou Enlai told a British military officer that any effort to introduce even a modicum of self-governance to Hong Kong would be viewed as 'a very unfriendly act' and a 'conspiracy,' one he suggested would be seen as a move to set the colony on a path to independence.
The threats had the desired effect. Britain made little effort to introduce electoral democracy in Hong Kong in the decades that followed."
"我是毛主席的一条狗，主席叫我咬谁，我就咬谁。” - 周小三 (The Chicom Evergreen No.3)
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