- 23 May 2020 14:36
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Legitimacy comes from how a regimes treats the people.
I have already said a few times that China effectively forfeited it in 1842, regained it in 1997, and by now we see them as forfeiting it again.
EDIT: Being independent or not is irrelevant, and I have also said a few times. The point is whether China has the legitimacy now. My observation is no.
Beren wrote:And who does? Yes, HK could be independent in theory, yes, it's a matter of power politics mostly, however, none of that relates to the topic I'm discussing (legitimacy) at all.
Legitimacy comes from how a regimes treats the people.
I have already said a few times that China effectively forfeited it in 1842, regained it in 1997, and by now we see them as forfeiting it again.
EDIT: Being independent or not is irrelevant, and I have also said a few times. The point is whether China has the legitimacy now. My observation is no.
O Lord our God arise,
Scatter His enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God, save us all!
Scatter His enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God, save us all!