Nah I think in HK's case it would be awesome. They'd have the autonomy to set up their own laws and regulations similar to what they currently have. I know this is a pie in the sky proposal but in my ideal world this would be a thing.
It'd be like Crimea all over again, except China could have a legal argument that it's theirs instead of just claiming soldiers are vacationing there.
I don't see China invading the west coast of the USA without a fight. A really big fight. And for what?
Because that’s exactly what’s happening with HK now and people here are saying it was a dumb idea. Why repeat it?
China objects strongly. It says these are Chinese citizens and Britain ceased to have any claim over the territory decades ago.
Of course since Britain's offer exists only on paper (there is no mechanism proposed by which a typical person in Hong Kong should actually make use of the offer to leave) the Chinese objection likewise extends only to paper.