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Can anybody find a video of the Hong Kong flag raising ceremony for me?
I've looked everywhere, but can't find one.
I've looked everywhere, but can't find one.
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The one when it's pouring outside, and Charlie looked a bit sad to see the Union Jack lowered?(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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The one when it's pouring outside, and Charlie looked a bit sad to see the Union Jack lowered?
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
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I have a t-shirt my mum brought me from the handover, with the PRC flag on the front saying "Welcome back" and the UK flag (btw, it's only called the Union jack when flown on a ship) on the back, with a caption, bye bye UK.
I got all sorts of cool T-shirts
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I have a copy of Fortune magazine just before the handover with an article about how Hong Kong was going to be a Communist wasteland within 5 years.
Sadly the "Evil Empire" ascendant scenario never played out. The Chinese Communist party got an economist leader and donned a coat and tie instead of a Mao suit."lol internet" ~ AAHZComment
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My peace-studies professor would argue that China is no longer a Communist state, but a different entity altogether.
I engaged him in a little conversation and he argued that Maoism and Communism has been replaced by a system that is more like it was when China was the "Middle Kingdom". I agreed, but brought the point up that China seems to be Neo-Communistic....but I had to go to my next class.Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
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Celebrate the handing over of Hong Kong to the Peoples Republic of China
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Its a shame the people of Honk Kong never got a vote on what happened to themSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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We never got a vote in anything when the place was a Brit colony.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
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so 2 wrongs make a right do theySpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Why would we be suddenly given a vote when none had taken place? What seems to be the purpose? We had neither sufficient politcal awareness nor social tradition for it. Democracy doesn't exist in a vacuum, and it is not a cure-all for all ills.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
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there was a democratic movement in Hong Kong and there were proposals to set up a full blown assembly. As the Chinese said they would dismantle it there seemed little point in setting it up.
Why not ask the peopleSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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The democratic movement was a joke, the majority was never involved. The full blown assembly was also a joke, because the majority was never involved.
If Whitehall wanted a democracy here, they could have started in 1987, or even 1977.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
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well you'll never get one nowSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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