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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Sure, they are different. But China used a strategy of slowly widdling away at the rights Hong Kong had as part of "One China, two Systems", and will continue to do so until it is "One China, One System". They know how to do this slowly, and will do the same with Taiwan. Well, that's how I see it, anyway. Open war isn't really a benefit to them.
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You often allude to Hong Kong like this, but Hong Kong was never at any point a sovereign nation. The handover in '97 was the transfer of sovereignty over HK from Britain to China. It's not like China seized a place that wasn't under Chinese sovereignty. Many aspects of things in HK are also still operating along the lines of One Country, Two Systems. China asserted control faster than expected, rather than waiting all the way until 2037, but there was never any doubt about HK going back to China.