Should Britain help Hong Kong?
To answer this question I will be examining both sides of it, if we should intervene or if we should leave it to Hong Kong. You can have you own opinion on the matter.
Some reasons that we should consider around helping Hong Kong would include the fact that china when back on our agreement that the citizens of Hong Kong are right to have fifty more years of British laws and democracy before returning to the dictatorship of china. A second reason would be that this whole conundrum is sort of our fault, what I mean by this is we decided to give Hong Kong back to china unknowing that china would go back on their deal us and try to rule Hong Kong once again.
However there are some reasons, which you might agree with, that would make the Idea of helping Hong Kong seem obscured. The first reason is quite critical to our economy, the reason I am stating this is that if we were to intervene with the protests and help Hong Kong china would not like it, and that could possibly sever the trade deal in-between china and the UK, and with the fact that Brexit will already leave us un able to trade with the rest of the EU, that would be quite a problem. The second reason is much alike the first except it might result in china starting a war with us, this would be very bad as china has one of the biggest armies on the globe and to have a war with them would not be Ideal.
What was your decision? Please leave your answers in the comments section for me to read
Comments (209)
02 Oct 2019
I think Britain shouldn't get involve because it not our problem any more,it's China's and Hong kong.
I disagree with you intesting_ibex. If we don't help Hong Kong how would it become a safe place to live for citizens their.
because it can interfere with trading!
I disagree. Though China and Britain are close tradings partners, we have many other countries that we have as well. Some of these are, yes, in the EU but if Brexit does go through, it does not mean that we can not trade with them. We will have to make some new agreements but in the long term, they need us as much as we need them. For this reason, I disagree.
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yeah because we ruled them for 100 years and gave them laws, a life style wich is different from the chinese and then the chinese are giving little understanding from the last 100 years.
Yeah but they have agreed to only change the promise until 2073 or 2014
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I completely agree with you capable_olive. We should help Hong Kong out. Since we made that agreement,we are still involved in this crisis and Hong Kong wanting us to help.Plus I am very sympathetic.
If the UK doesn’t get involved, would that mean our government is unsympathetic?
I disagree! Britain should help because they once owned Hong Kong. Even though China made a deal, that broke there promise! China said that would leave Hong Kong alone till 2047! However, that didn't which is unfair. I know that Britain have Hung Long back to China but what they are doing is wrong. Everyone should be able to be free. Not locked up just for joining a march for their freedom!
I think we should because we might win but we might lose.
We shoud help Hongcong because we sind the form and we made a Del so we shoud act fast.
I agree with you because I found out that Britain ruled China/Hong Kong 150 years ago. We don't need to help them. We should just let China and Hong Kong deal with it themselves because it's happening in their country. I'm not being selfish. I just wouldn't deal with their situation.
You've given an opinion which is clearly your own here, outstanding_statement. Well done for speaking up!
02 Oct 2019
I don’t think Britain should help beacouse ore China could stop transporting.
03 Oct 2019
I think no because we could make it worse
03 Oct 2019
No Britain shouldn’t because we don’t want our people getting arrested and if we got in to argument with London would they help us
03 Oct 2019
Yes and no.Yes because we are all humans and deserved to be treated the same and most of us are kind.We did make a deal so China could rule them not us so it is kind of our fault.
No because there is no need to be going in other people’s business but we are trying to help.
03 Oct 2019
I think it they should help because everyone deserves human right and if we win we all can be happy after all they broke the promise and the entire country is fighting to get there rights and if we got Hong Kong before we can definitely win again
03 Oct 2019
I think we should help Hong Kong because if we don’t they will not get their human rights .Just because we took over Hong Kong I think we should try to take it back to help them .
03 Oct 2019
I don’t think Britain should help Hong Kong because we could help them but the Chinese army might get involved!!!
I agree and don't agree. I agree because if we interfered with China's army, who know's how much of Britain's population will go down, and if us and China get in a war then other country's will join our war then it might be WW3
. So that is my agreeing with creative_twilight's comment but my disagree is as dynamic_weaver has said Hong Kong need's help and that we should treat people the same. I think that they are me so I remember how to treat other people.
there are other ways to sought out the problem than war and conflict.the goverment can talk have a dicussion about the problem instead of the end of the world!
03 Oct 2019
I don’t think we should help because if we do we could go to war and because China 🇨🇳 is so big they will have a lot bigger army force so China could take over England.
03 Oct 2019
I think we should not get involved becease if we get involved with the issue our people might suffer. Worst case sonario we go to war and we lose the battle and China will take over England. That is bad because they have the strongest army but if we don’t get involved people in China are going to suffer which could be very selfish of England not to help
Thanks for your comment, extraordinary_message. Do you think a war about Hong Kong would would definitely lead to China taking over England, or is that making a bit of a jump?
Yes it is a big jump but could still possibly happen.
But extraordinary_message if China take's over England then China's army will take over our army to make our army bigger.
Do you have evidence to support this or is this an assumption?
A ASSUMPTION
No it wouldn’t make our army bigger because they would be taking over not making us stronger
03 Oct 2019
I don’t think Britain should get involved because if Britain gets involved it might get even worse and it’s not our problem and if people have kids they shouldn’t because if they get hurt they wouldn’t want there parents hurt
03 Oct 2019
I think we should help Hong Kong because they need our help and everyone can go where they want. It’s not like eny thing is stopping them and some people should help them if you don’t want to go then you don’t have to go but it will be very helpful if you do.
I agree a little bit because it is killing many people and it is their country and they should be heard. But we must not react too much because we could make things worse.
03 Oct 2019
I wasn’t sure as Hong Kong like England’s freedom but China is not given freedom
03 Oct 2019
I think we should get involved because Hong Kong was part of the British empire and Hong Kong needs help
You are right I think so too.
03 Oct 2019
I personally think we should not intervene especially since you said it could be possible to start war with China and its their problem and not ours. If we do intervene that could cause a lot of political problems
03 Oct 2019
i think the uk should help because 180000 british people live there
03 Oct 2019
Hong Kong should seek the help of Britain due to the massive shooting in Hong Kong
03 Oct 2019
and the chinese might help the uk if they need help
03 Oct 2019
In my opinion, I don’t believe that what is happening is at any fault of the British, This is due to the fact that when the agreement was made we had no idea that they would of gone back on the deal. We made the deal in pure trust with China that they would keep Hong Kong a democratic country and not interfere with their business and economic views for 50 years. When thinking about solutions, I believe that a political approach would be better than a military approach. This is because as you stated we are leaving the EU and it is probably in our best interest that trade deals are set up with both countries. As well as the fact that we have a lot of import and export with China and they are one of the most economically powerful countries in the world. Due to this we have to think about that it’s probably much easier to suggest negotiating rather than bringing in our army and creating a bigger problem.
Yo'uve shown good reason here, using phrases like 'this is due to the fact...' and 'this is because' helps you explain your thinking. Do you think Britain can take an effective political approach when minds are also on Brexit?
03 Oct 2019
I think Britain should help HONGKONG or there will be chaos in the whole city,so I thought that it could be a good idea to support HONGKONG !
04 Oct 2019
i agree with what posisitive potato has commented because britian should help them but in no way to harm or cause more caos.in Hong kong it is like some children fighting over who should be in tager in tag.they should just settle it down peacfully
04 Oct 2019
I think we should help them because right now they are in crisis so we need to help them
04 Oct 2019
we have to help Hong Kong or there will be a war vs china and UK should revive there rights
04 Oct 2019
this is a very serious thing because one there will be more war and two , more death
04 Oct 2019
I think we should help them because right now they are having bad attack
04 Oct 2019
yes we can all agree (british values)
04 Oct 2019
I think we should help Hong Kong because it is still part of our world so we should look after it.
04 Oct 2019
interesting_ibex we all have different opinions but i disagree with you because britan made a promise and they should help
04 Oct 2019
I agree too accurate dog, Britain should help but its too late to settle it peacefully.
04 Oct 2019
I think we shouldn't help Hong Kong because it there problem
04 Oct 2019
I think that honk kong is taking it to far
04 Oct 2019
i agree with humble_hummingbird because Britain and China made a promise that after 30 years Hong Kong will have its own independence
04 Oct 2019
I think that Britain should not get in over peoples business because it might get worse and they might get a over country involved
04 Oct 2019
I agree. Britain should do.
04 Oct 2019
and Engaland arn`t taking not to far
04 Oct 2019
they shold stop it
04 Oct 2019
I think maybe they should start intervening with it when people start getting aggressive to china or Hong Kong I believe we started something that is now causing other people harm and violence and worse of all endangerment of family's
I agree with the fact that it is harming innocent people but I think we should not meddle with it a lot just encase.
04 Oct 2019
Yes because honk Kong people deserve to be treated the same way we do and people will keep fighting and arguing and getting sent to jail which is not what we want
04 Oct 2019
When millions of people took to the streets of Hong Kong in recent weeks to protest an extradition bill that would make it easier for people arrested in the city to face trial elsewhere, including mainland China, several countries, such as Canada and the U.S., as well as the European Union defended the protesters.Britain was the State that made this Agreement in the first place (1st July 1997) hinting that they should help Hong Kong.
04 Oct 2019
i think no because china has the biggest army in the world so they could start invading Britain and we could end up dying. they also have loads of people so they could get them and they could help them defeat our country. it could start a world war iii
also it can get violent and if they are invading britain we may not have that much defence
04 Oct 2019
I don't think Britain should get involved because they signed the contract that said things should stay the stay until 2047 and I know China has got involved but it will get worse if we do.
04 Oct 2019
Well it depends,if China go to far Britain should get involved because Hong Kong won't have a fair policy and the don't even have democracy. So for example if you like someone and someone else said that you have a crush on them that person might get angry because it went to far. So it depends what they do to Hong Kong if it's bad or not
04 Oct 2019
Do you really think we should get involved?
Due to what's happening in Hong Kong the get to have their right
you want a world war lol?
04 Oct 2019
Mr excellent brain agree but the worst would be army getting involved because of many more deaths will happen
Why do you think this, champion_hedgehog?
05 Oct 2019
MAYBE IT IS MAYBE ITS NOT :)
05 Oct 2019
yes and no; first of all yes because if we don't act know there may not be a tomorrow for some Hong Kong citizens and know for the no, if we do interfere we may not have some products we buy in shops because most of our products come from China and what gives Britain the right to interfere in this crisis because it's a Chinese matter not a British matter.
05 Oct 2019
I think we should intervene with the situation because things have already got serious and we used to look after Hong Kong so we should be helping to support it
05 Oct 2019
I think that Britain should start to help Hong Kong but they should not get into their business to much or else everything will get really complex .
05 Oct 2019
This is a very good piece also i think we should help hong kong by dooing a protest
06 Oct 2019
I think that it does not involve Britain. After all Hong Kong is not Britain's responsibility anymore this is because when we gave Hong Kong back to China in 1997 we had no idea that any of this would have happened so therefore, it is not the fault of Britain but of China. We gave our full trust in China so I do not see how it is anything to do with Britain but I do think that Britain should help Hong Kong because if nobody does anything then the protests will get worse and worse.
06 Oct 2019
i think that we shouldn't interfere with there country and it is there country so it is there fight to win. Also if we get involved our country will get into all the fighting and Government will be stressed . This means the public will possibly vote and then everyone will get too involved and it will mess up our country. Also it is not much to get stressed about it is not our country and if it was it would be different
06 Oct 2019
I have two opinions for this subject. My first opinion is that I think that Britain shouldn't help Hong Kong because we've already given Hong Kong to China and it isn't our problem anymore. Also if we try to help Hong Kong then China would get angry at us China because we need to trade with them as we can't trade with EU as we are leaving. lots of our resources are made in China so we would lose all our products that are made in China. We also don't want to do this because if we do then China might start fighting against us and it could start a mini war but not WWIII and this is a big risk.
My other reason is that we should help Hong Kong because if we don't then who will as the rest of the world will think its our responsibility as we used to rule them. Also we don't want the people of Hong Kong living in fear and terror as their lives are at risk and what if the people flee the country to find a better life? This will result in Hong Kong becoming less and less populated by the second. We need to convince China that this is not what they really want to happen to Hong Kong and we need to stop them.
yes i have to reasons to well my first reason is that if we gave china hong kong in 1997 150 years ago why do we need it back so if we did not want anything bad to happen in the first place why did we hand hong kong over then ehhh i don,t get it ethier i don,t even know why im putting this to be honest but why do we need hong kong back like cmon guys like chin stop it leave hong kong in peace like you would not like it if we marched over to your country because you have been horrible to hong kong so you get sent over to engaland to get a punishment even if you didn,t do anything we would still send you to jail like your doing that to hong knong stop china like stop or were going to get involved and us britans will win and save hong kong sorry if hats affensive well to be honest we didiwin both world wars against the germans and we can use our left over power on you china muhaha well that sounded a bit evil sorry just trying to get in the mood to help hong kong
Lots of reasons given here, honorable_gazelle!
06 Oct 2019
I think we sould help because hong kong was ruled by Engaland .
07 Oct 2019
I think that Britan shouldn't get involved because in 1997 they gave it over to China so if China says I wold like to give Hong Kong back to you then they shouldn't get involved with China intill then whitch will be in 2048
yes i agree that we should not get involved like guyyyss we was the boss of hong kong 150 year ago why give it over to china if we want no crommotion like i have a best friend from china but even she addmits we should not get involved
07 Oct 2019
I think that Britain should get involved because they can actually solve there problem but one the other hand they may make a other problem like they might say something that might create war people should be very careful what they say
07 Oct 2019
I have two opinions on this because we had an agreement with China and China are now taking more power then they agreed to. Some people in China are agreeing with Hong Kong are some don't it's all a huge disappointment. I think that we shouldn't get involved with it because we agreed that will take them back in 2047 so until then I don't think we should get involved
07 Oct 2019
I think Britain should get involved because we are the ones who made the deal with China.On the other hand,of journalists go to China and go against the government they could get arrested as 99% of people that are on trial get arrested.
true we did make a deal but we cancelled so mainly we was getting sick of hong kong and just said nah we don,t want you anymore so we just let china take over plus if we take it away like how hong kong is acting britan might act like that and we would,nt like that now wold we see and we don,t want to get sent to china just for a punishmant like say i started a fight i would get taken away fro my family like 12 hours away but maybe we should hep a bit but not to much so i say you have take a brave choose if you choose to get invovled so i say well done you took a very big step
What do you mean by “we cancelled”, honorable_gazelle?
07 Oct 2019
But a the same time I think we should help them out before it gets worst its getting violence into it and damage is going to be done if we don't help. But I don't know?
well not to be rude or anything at all but i really think we should,nt because if you watch a video of what hong kong is doing it would,nt b nice if britan did that and china is arresting hong kong people for no reason and hong kong people like if they,ve had a fight they would get sent to china like if i had a fight with somebody i would get sent to china like im under 18 an i would not like to get sent 12 hours away from my family i would never see them again and i would be very upset so i say no we should not get involved
07 Oct 2019
I think Britan should get involved and help Hong Kong because what China is doing is not right. China are poking into Hong Kong's business and rejecting the people in charge of Hong Kong and making so the person that they think is right even though it is not even there country or there problem to deal with. China are also not letting Hong Kong be independent (work by themselves without any support of other countries.) Also I think Britan should help because we used to be in charge andd put them into this mess by making a deal for China and for Britain to do a one country two systems, which we thought was right for Hong Kong and it wasn't.
07 Oct 2019
I think Britain shouldn’t do anything to Hong Kong
07 Oct 2019
I think that britain should help Hong Kong because they signed the deal with China so it is their business.
07 Oct 2019
I think Britain should not help hong-Kong because China might start war with us.
07 Oct 2019
I think we need to get involved even if people don't believe it would be dealt with much faster
07 Oct 2019
I think Britain should help Hong Kong because sometimes their right are not approved.On the other hand,Britain shouldn’t help Hong Kong if they are bring protest to Britain.In that case,Britain should stay away from Hong Kong for rightful reasons.
The first reason is Hong Kong can bring violent protest to Britain and Britain can bring to other countries to other countries.
The second reason is Hong Kong rules may apply to British rules as they can use them and make Britain worse.
07 Oct 2019
I do not think that Britain should get involved because the more people that get involved will cause more damage and devastation and the more people are going to get hurt.
08 Oct 2019
i think we should intervene because the Hong Kongs need help out whats going on
08 Oct 2019
I think Britain shouldn't get involved because it isn't our problem anymore it is china's and Hong Kong's and because if we get involved it might happen to us as well.🤔
08 Oct 2019
i think we should intervene because the Hong Kongs need help out whats going on
08 Oct 2019
we should not antivenin👎. Because it is a too big of a risk and Britain relies on China for all the stuff we get.🤗we need the things we get from China.
I agree with careful_eagle's comment
08 Oct 2019
I think that we should get involved and not get involved . The reason why we should help is because Britain is incharge of Honk Kong until 2047 that Honk Kong will return to china and the reason why we should not is that we could have more problems in Britain as we could have a war or a conflicted with them .
08 Oct 2019
i think we should help Hong Kong to fight back on china.
08 Oct 2019
i think we should get involved because we said we should until 2047
08 Oct 2019
I think the UK should help Hong Kong because there army would be bigger so they can help Hong Kong
08 Oct 2019
I do not agree because it is there business not ours and it there personal to them
08 Oct 2019
I don't think we should help Hong Kong because we will make the problem bigger
08 Oct 2019
Yes we should...
08 Oct 2019
Britan should help because they have shared history.
Hong Kong protests could end up to be world war 3
we also get most of are stuff from Hong Kong like fireworks ect
08 Oct 2019
i think we should help them because i feel very sorry and because people are suffering from death
08 Oct 2019
because I think its the right thing to...
08 Oct 2019
I support democracy and because we have it and they don't and I want to help them with their problems.
08 Oct 2019
we should help hong kong so then there's no wars and hong kong is safe.
08 Oct 2019
Yes because China has the biggest army and if we join we would make a great team altogether
08 Oct 2019
i think we should get involved because 180,000 people who used to live in china now live in Britain
08 Oct 2019
Hong Kong should help them because Hong Kong was ruled by the British as a colony for around 150 years and they havea shared history.
08 Oct 2019
No because China has the biggest army in the world
But china has broken the promise of one country two systems and we COULD intervene.
08 Oct 2019
we are responsible as they used to be part of britain.
08 Oct 2019
No because China went back to ruling Hong Kong in 1997
08 Oct 2019
I think it is risky to join the argument because we have a lot of stuff between us and Hong Kong
08 Oct 2019
i think we should help because china has the biggest army in the world
08 Oct 2019
i think we should because what china are doing to Hong Kong is not good its getting bad we should help Hong Kong
08 Oct 2019
I think that we should help them with their problems because it's a good thing to do and because they were a part of britain.
08 Oct 2019
If HongKong and the UK don't do something China's army will come to HongKong .China has been a polocy of not interfearing in the problems.
08 Oct 2019
I don’t think we should because most of our products come from China and if we intervene we might lose those products
08 Oct 2019
thank you for all of your comments i enjoyed reading them
08 Oct 2019
Give up cars and mobiles please to help are invitenment
well it wasn't really on the topic but still its good to spread the message.
08 Oct 2019
I think that Britain should help Hong Kong because of what China is doing and I feel bad
08 Oct 2019
Actually know that I have thought about it I think we should not help .
We don't want a world war 3!!! Like come on people 😡
there are better ways than war and conflict so the goverment can have a discussion about the problem.
08 Oct 2019
I think that we should not interfere due to china possibly not trading with us and anymore and the fact that if we were to get into a war there army will be much stronger than ours
08 Oct 2019
I don't think Britain shouldn't help because it might make our country violent.
08 Oct 2019
I don’t think Britain should get involved because in danger and the same thing might happen to Britain so Britain please don’t get involved thank you 🙏🏼
08 Oct 2019
I think that we should not interfere due to china possibly not trading with us and anymore and the fact that if we were to get into a war there army will be much stronger than ours
08 Oct 2019
we can help because we have ruled them and we can do somthing about it.
08 Oct 2019
I think we should help
I disagree with your view of this but I also respect what you say.If we help China will know what we have done and try to stop us in our footsteps.Provided that a war starts,this would probably have to happen.
What would probably have to happen, amicable_antelope?
I kinda agree with amicable antelope because if World War III happens human kind would be doomed and might not exist.
08 Oct 2019
well a little at least
I don’t think we should even help a little if we can
08 Oct 2019
This is a hard subject to talk about as they are two clear points of view. It is human of us to want to help the people protesting in Hong Kong because we already have human rights. However, many people have also stated that we will only make things worse and get on the bad side of China. I think that if you see it through the point of view of the government, they only want what is best for our country- to keep people safe.
Do you think the UK government have a responsibility to keep the Hong Kong people safe?
Well the UK shouldn’t get involve with the Hong Kong crisis cause they don’t own them anymore so we shouldn’t get involved like the rest of the world they should sort it out themselves.
I do not agree with you because we should help then because we owned them for 150 years so we should get them back
Why should we get Hong Kong back, zestful_mouse?
I think so because there might not be a tommorow for some peoples lifes
Ahhhh but we don’t know everything now I’m starting to think it’s not just about democracy...
I agree with u rational_politic's because you are being sceptical of positive_potato who i am also sceptical of but what was your reason for blaming the government by the way awesome comment
08 Oct 2019
I think you got a really nice article you have got some great content there
I liked the way you Said some nice comments
08 Oct 2019
In my opinion Britain should not get involved with Hong Kong as we may start a war and if we start a war maybe the same agreement that happenned to Hong Kong might happen to us
i disagree because in my opinion we have to stay with the agreement
09 Oct 2019
I now think we should help them because this is our world and we should make it a better place
09 Oct 2019
Yes because otherwise lots of lives could be lost :(
09 Oct 2019
They should help because they have made a agreement whith Hong Kong and Japan!!!!
09 Oct 2019
I agree that we should help Hong Kong because if we don’t citizens might not live the same life.
Yes, sensible _melon I agree.We,Britain should get involved.Nice idea!But how could we solve this problem?Well if we start war between China maybe China would start war between Hongkong and if they lose more trubble will cause to HongKong!
Our Government could start by talking to China’s leader and government reminding them about the agreement that occurred. Britain could also write a treaty between us and China saying that China is not allowed to make the laws for Hong-Kong.
09 Oct 2019
This is just my opinion but I think England shod deal with its own problems first then help a different country.
09 Oct 2019
Well ,thinking about loved _wildcat’s idea I know that Britain doesn’t own Hongkong anymore but why do you thought that way? Because HongKong is in Crisis and this is our choice to help Hongkong or not!Maybe if we leave Hongkong this Crisis won’t stop and we have the power to stop China from harming their city,Hongkong!We have a chance to debate so we’re lucky.I’m sorry,to shout at you but we could think again!?
10 Oct 2019
i think that we should not get involved because China has a very powerful army and it may start another war. We are also dealing with Brexit at the moment and we do not want to mess up Brexit as it is very important for Britan.
10 Oct 2019
There is different perspectives of the Hong Kong situation. To begin with a lot of people in England are supporting the Hongkongers . On the other hand England is quite busy to deal with brexit.Also if England get involved China will stop sending them goods. However Hong Kong might never get their democracy and will became part of China as well as no countries have stepped in to help them. Although it might spark a war they still need help .If they they do this China might wage war in India because England had helped Hong kong gain their independence back.
10 Oct 2019
I'm in the middle of helping Hong Kong because:
1. China can turn up on us.
2. It can stop our trading rights.
3. They stop sharing their tech
10 Oct 2019
I think that we should intervene after Brexit because we can't deal with both it would be a straggle for us.What would you think that people would say about this?If you were in Hong Kong what would you say about this?Would you say that Britain should come or not?If I were an Hong Kong person I would tell them to come after Brexit but if it gets out of hand I would tell them to come.
China should stop this.This is harming a country.They should probbly wait until the agreement ends.If they get into a war,which is most unlikely to happen we might lose it and they would take our country and they would take Hong Kong at the end of the deal or if there cheeky they would take it before it .
We shouldn't get involved because China have a very powerful army.
10 Oct 2019
We shouldn’t intervene because we are good trading partners with China so Britain would probably starve.
We also don’t want a war and even though we have won it doesn’t mean we will again because china may have better weapons.
10 Oct 2019
We should peacefully get involved not with the aid of troops but maybe our Foreign Secretary could speak to the Chinese Government.
11 Oct 2019
The English government should not interfere as its not their fight, they would stay out.
11 Oct 2019
No because others wise we might get pulled into the war. china's army might come to our country.
11 Oct 2019
because it can interfere with trading
11 Oct 2019
No because it is not our fight and it will lead intention to us and then they will fight us
11 Oct 2019
yes we should help than because we sign a agreement
11 Oct 2019
We should get involved because China's rules are useless and cruel and WE sighed a form that in fifty years we will help out but Hong Kong need help NOW.
11 Oct 2019
We shoud help Hongcong because we sind the form and we made a Del so we shoud act fast.
11 Oct 2019
i think britan should becuase they had hong kong over 100 yers they made the deal that they a separate countrys but china broke the deal that britan made
11 Oct 2019
i think there is a reason for each because if we get involved that could put us in danger but if we do not get involved it will also put hong kong in danger
11 Oct 2019
i think we should get involved because we have made a deal.
Why is it so important to keep to a deal, amicable_attention?
11 Oct 2019
I do not strongly agree but I partly agree. If the politicians have made the agreement, they should not take the example from China and break their promise. Britian should at least do something to help Hong Kong. Perhaps Britian could collect signatures from around Europe and Around Some parts of Asia but China has a massive population so t might not be such a great idea. Maybe in the worst case scenario if Hong Kong tries to protest against us because we are not helping could be we bribe China which again, isn't such a great idea.
That's a very interesting idea, intrepid_lychee!
11 Oct 2019
It depends on what you do,so if we do get involved chine would be against us and we should because now we sighned a promising contract for them to be part of our country but we'r just seperated
11 Oct 2019
yes because in the history of hong kong Britain won the war against them and taking over their home . They agreed with China that they could say what they want but can't do what they want.They made a deal [the one country two systems].China should let Hong Kong what they want to do and they should have their rights
i agree with you because even though England won China in the war they controlled Hong Kong then in 1995 there was the one country two system agreement and then China broke their hands on England to shoot the people in Hong Kong now in the present (now) and the future there is shooting going on and in 2048 what will they do?
12 Oct 2019
I think Britain should not interfere because China do have the biggest army in the world so if we try and interfere there is a 50% chance China could start a war.
That is quite a big statement to make, educated_peach. Where did you get this calculation from?
China is a very big country they are many people and a lot are in the army there are 2,035,000 personnel in there army and Britain have 81,500 personnel and there are 27,000 trained reserve about to join the Army if we start a war they will have 100,500 and they will have 2,142,500 more than us.
12 Oct 2019
My first opinion is that we should help Hong Kong because if we don't, Hong Kong will have to continue living their lives in fear and continue having violent protests on the streets. This will mean that the Hong Kong police will continue spreading tear gas and might hurt someone/ a few people. We also signed a contract (one country two systems) and they are saying that China is braking this promise.
My other opinion is that we shouldn't help Hong Kong because if we do, we might lose our friendship with China and might have a WWIII (world wore three) and we might not be ready for that. This might also mean that we (Britain) and China might stop our trading system. Also, most of our products, furniture and instruments are made in China.
Well done for looking at both sides here. Which of your two opinions are stronger, do you think?
13 Oct 2019
i think we should definitely intervene but that doesn't always mean we should protect one side and oppose the other. If we take China's side the Chinese government could become excessively confident and completely over power the island on the coast of china. There was already an incident where a teenager,14,who lived in Hong Kong protesting against the Chinese government got shot in the arm by a Chinese police woman and shortly after, died. But we could gain trust from the Chinese and we should definitely want to (China is the 3rd most powerful country in the world and have the 3rd most powerful military in the world) compared to Hong Kong who doesn't even have a proper army. We should also not take Hong Kong side because if we do that could anger china and increase the price on the goods we import from China and as i said, China has the 3rd most powerful military in the world and in my opinion we wouldn't stand a chance. We also signed a contract which agreed there would be one country two systems but some people are saying it one country one and a half systems which isn't fair on Hong Kong. Is it our fault? We where the one who gave the island the luxury of human rights that we wouldn't question but the Chinese government are.
Could you tell us where you found your evidence for the incident about the teenager, positive_leaf?
13 Oct 2019
In my opinion we should actually stay with the agreement but also we should help Hong Kong their rights back.Even though thet should stay with the agreement i believe that we should go to Hong Kong and help.However,their may e a consequence.Thsi may be to start a war like i talked about in my last comment or China coming to us to take over.Also this links back to Hong Kong's past when they had their move of sovereingty to China in 1997 when the One country two sytems deal started.We should probably help Hong Kong when this agreement and turn of events are over in 50 years.
Why would China want to 'take us over' amicable_antelope? Or might this be beyond what they really want to do?
13 Oct 2019
Adittionly,when the deal is over in 2047 we can help Hong Kong as China will not be able to do anything.This is because Hong Kong will have their own country handed back to where it belongs.Britain can go to Hong Kong to help them get back on track.
14 Oct 2019
I think if we do intervene then we will not get any trades from china and most of our reasourses are from there so we will loše most of our food,materials,furniture,toys phones computers and drink.Also we will loše the fight because china has one of the big gest army.
But I also think that if we do not intervene because it is not our problem and we will stil get our trades and we will not have any arguments with china .
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Do you think we will lose all our trade from China, zestful_mouse, or would China want to keep us a trading partner?
I think we would loše all of our trades because if we help hong kong then then will not like it and they will say no to all of our trades
14 Oct 2019
I think that Britain should help Hong Kong. Do you think that Britain should help Hong Kong?
15 Oct 2019
yes I do think that britain should help hong kong as China have double crossed us on the deal they mad with Britain, r
16 Oct 2019
I believe the Britain should take action to support Hong Kong. As a country who supports democracy, we need to stand up for their human rights and support these protests. This is made even more important because of the fact that Britain once ruled Hong Kong and the two countries, therefore, have a shared history. When Britain gave Hong Kong back to China, an agreement was signed to ensure that the way of life and economy in Hong Kong remained unchanged until 2047. China have now broken this agreement by trying to force their laws onto Hong Kong, making it less of a democracy and more of a place where human rights and freedom of speech are not respected. I feel like, as a country, we do not want to be seen as the sort of people who go back on our promises, therefore we have a responsibility to get involved.
23 Oct 2019
Hongkongers, no matter what their standpoint, need to make some sober calculations. Like it or not, they are – and have been since 1997 – part of the People’s Republic of China, albeit under special arrangements. The protestors still have some cards in their hand, but they cannot overplay them. Direct rebellion with Beijing is a non-starter. They need to shift from the politics of perpetual protest to that of pragmatic compromise, however undramatic this may be. They need politicians who can responsibly work out a wide enough common ground that can protect the things that matter in the city – but not antagonise Beijing.
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23 Oct 2019
Millions of people in Hong Kong are protesting democratic deterioration and rights violations, amid increasing police brutality and other violence against them. The United States and other democracies must take strong, immediate action to stand with the people of Hong Kong in their defense of democratic values.I would not interfere with them.
We should interfere if we REALLY need too but it is not necessary now...
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