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Fear and fanfare as Hong Kong launches China rail link

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By Giulia Marchi

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The SARs are part of China. They were leased and those leases ended.

People living in Hong Kong and Macau need to think carefully about whether they want to stay or if they should immigrate elsewhere. It isn't just for their lives, but for the lives of their children and rest of their families.

It was agreed that Hong Kong would become a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, with Hong Kong’s way of life to remain unchanged for 50 years

In theory, 2047 is the deadline, but China will consistently be imposing more and more of the mainland rules onto the SARs until that time.

The flood is coming. There is a date. Darwin has placed a challenge. Will the people see it and take the necessary, protective, action or will they be like lobster in a slowly warming pot?

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Many of them have already left or have plans in place to do so.

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Good news as I’m of to their soon. I can just take a train.

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Little by little, Communist PRC is slowly taking over Hong Kong. Truly horrible. Hong Kong residents are right to be in fear. No democracy, cameras everywhere, freedom of movement monitored. HK residents would be adviced to make plans to move to democracies.

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