China and Britain wage war of words over Hong Kong

China's government is vile and not to be trusted.

In the photo: HK IS NOT CHINA

Afraid it is. Since July 1, 1997. I guess a lot of HK residents wish it was still a British colony.

War of words? NO!

The Chinese government is wishing the United Kingdom good luck after their hard Brexit !  Britian needs trade with China and more trades will let them know their place after their "Hard Brexit"! Hong Kong is the only common thing between China and  UK!

UK still living in the past; its days of colonization are long gong. Many of the problems in Africa and the Middle East originate from the British colonial period.

The UK should be more concerned that its foreign policy is dictated by the US and once it leaves the EU it will be under US domination.

The days of long live Britannia are a thing of the past.

Chinese as usual too touchy about their own shortcomings.  Like the UK has any interest in "interfering" in HK.  To what end?  to take it back?  to harm China?

Hunt called on Beijing not to use the protests as a "pretext for repressions" and warned of "serious consequences" if China breaches the commitments it made to London decades ago under the terms of the handover.

The moment HK was handed over their fate was sealed.

The UK can do nothing to change that.

"I tell them: hands off Hong Kong and show respect," Liu said

Respect is earned, NOT given.

Just in time for Brexit. Good luck.

The Beijing bullies indulging in their customary whatabouteries to stir up Chinese anti-foreigner chauvinism will not find it as easy to make the irate Hong Kong crowds go away by sleight of brutal hand as they did with the rebels of Tienanmen. If only the young people of England were likewise sufficiently fired up to speak truth to the corrupt, decrepit jobsworths warming the benches of Parliament by invading Westminster's musty corridors of power and rattling the arrogance and silver-spooned entitlement of the cowardly, smug Tories and their rightwing nutjob fellow-travellers who have made a laughing stock of the country and are threatening to take all the turkeys voting for Christmas as well as the rest of the nation over the cliffs of Brexit into the abyss.

^ That agreement is also registered in United Nations as a binding agreement.

 "HK is not China".

The Brits handed over Hong Kong to the nation they rented it from - China. It’s unfortunate that China is now a socialist/communist nation within which the rights of individuals are not protected from the whims of a dictatorship. Hong Kong was a special place under colonial rule. Now it is reverting back to the modern version of China and will slowly lose those things that made it so special- Western democracy and capitalism. There isn’t a thing that can be done about it either.

@Cliffy:

^ That agreement is also registered in United Nations as a binding agreement.

How do you propose to enforce the UNs binding agreement?

@Wolfpack

No clue and we all knows UN is all barks and no bites anyway. But at least based on that agreement, British does have the right to do what it is doing right now - voice its disagreement on how China is handling HK. The erosion of that agreement had been for a while but it just never made into international head lines and get this much attention before.

But at least based on that agreement, British does have the right to do what it is doing right now - voice its disagreement on how China is handling HK. 

Yes that may be technically true. In fact any nation in the world has the ability to voice its disagreement with China’s backsliding regarding their treatment of the people of Hong Kong. But complaining is meaningless in the long run. The ChiComs will squeeze the freedom out of Hong Kong long before the terms of the handover agreement expire. Britain will not impose any meaningful sanctions on China for breaking its agreement. The UN of course will do nothing of consequence. I feel sorry for the Hong Kong people but unless they figure out a way to end Chinese communism their days of freedom of expression are rapidly coming to an end.

"I need to re-emphasise that Hong Kong has now returned to its motherland."

May wanna ask the Honk Kong people about that.

When will China learn the simple grown up concept that you cant demand respect, you have to earn it. It’ll be a wonderful day for the world and themselves when/if they get it.

The Chinese don’t deserve Hong Kong!

The Hong Kong people was not a signatory about the return of Hong Kong, their voices doesn't matter although there is where they lives!

elephant200: The people in HK were, and are, Chinese. The British annexed HK from China under duress. The British annexed many nations in Africa and the Middle East during British colonisation, when Britannia "ruled the seas". Most of the British colonies have now been returned to their original, rightful status. When Britain "ruled" HK, the ethnic Chinese were treated as second class citizens with very limited rights, they were regarded as "Coolies". The same in India. The same as the US treats Porto Ricans.

The days of British colonisation and  global influence are well and truly over. By and large, Britain is now under Washington's control, especially  in foreign policy.

The people in HK were, and are, Chinese.

No, they are Hong Kongese. After 99 years, the people who were Chinese were almost all dead, and most definitely are now. Everyone born in Hong Kong now is a Hong Konger.

Riperz@ you forgot to mention the concepts of British Common Law, something far superior to what the new overlords are trying to force on Hong Kong now, and everyone knows it. All of the sordid histories aside it’s the ideas that will prevail.

According to your logic the Zimbabweans are British because Britain annexed the country and called it Rhodesia. And Congolese are Belgians because they were annexed and called the Belgian Congo,....... According to your logic most of the world is British because of British colonisation, or French because of French colonisation or.....

Ricky Kaminski13: "the concepts of British Common Law"

This concept was never applied to the Chinese in HK or the Indians when under British rule.

" British Common Law, something far superior to what the new overlords are trying to force on Hong Kong "

Is this the same law that the British used to support the US “Extraordinary rendition’’ program where the US government-sponsored abduction and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another with the purpose of circumventing the former country's laws on interrogation, detention and torture.

According to your logic the Zimbabweans are British because Britain annexed the country and called it Rhodesia. And Congolese are Belgians because they were annexed and called the Belgian Congo,....... According to your logic most of the world is British because of British colonisation, or French because of French colonisation or.....

No one has put forward this proposition. Stop dissembling.

China signed an agreement to protect the existing rights Hong Kong enjoyed under UK control. It is now reneged on that agreement. All your propaganda can't change this, China has ignored international protocols and rules of law. Not trustworthy.

Riperez@ and The CCP are here to save the day? Pull the other one mate. You’re not fooling anyone.