There was such a terrible fire in an apartment complex in Hong Kong that 140 lives were lost while trying to extinguish it. After this accident, many questions started arising, people want to know how this fire became so huge? An angle of corruption also came to light in this… but the Chinese government got scared even before the public could face these questions and announced that questioning this incident would be considered treason, and made many arrests to scare them. This nervousness of Jinping is not new, the history of Hong Kong makes it China’s ‘biggest weakness’.
How was Hong Kong snatched from ‘weak China’?
What is the matter of 99 years lease?
In 1898, Britain took advantage of China’s weakness, using the pretext of protecting Hong Kong, and took the ‘New Territories’ on a 99-year lease from China’s Qing Dynasty. This lease ended on 1 July 1997, but Britain had accepted that Hong Kong Island and Kowloon belonged to it forever.
When China showed its eyes
Because of this a new conflict between China and Britain started. At that time, China had said in strong words that the treaties imposed by Britain were humiliating and could no longer be accepted. At that time, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reached Beijing and had a direct confrontation with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. China made it clear that if Hong Kong is not returned, China will not shy away from snatching it.
The eyes of the King of Britain became moist
Ultimately, Britain had to relent and in 1984, both signed the ‘Sino-British Joint Declaration’. Under this, Hong Kong was given the arrangement of ‘one country, two systems’. Under which it was guaranteed to maintain its capitalist system and high level of autonomy for 50 more years (till 2047). At midnight, when it was raining heavily, the British flag was lowered and the red flag of China was raised. It is said that at that time, moisture was visible in Prince Charles’s eyes.
