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Once the British decided to give this back, this goose was cooked. Maybe they could have walked back that promise before the handover, but once it was in Chinese hands, this was all over. Really this is legally part of China now to do with as they see fit.

Thatcher decided to give Hong Kong back to China, and the decision was that as Hong Kong was a colony, it's residents were not entitled to British citizenship. There were plenty of people in Hong Kong who knew which way this was going to go and wanted to leave the then British overseas...