Umbrella Revolution

[Herr-Berbunch]

We didn't just give it back for fun, the lease expired. Once again a government department didn't write the contract with any forethought to the future.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

We didn't just give it back for fun, the lease expired. Once again a government department didn't write the contract with any forethought to the future.

Force to force there was little we could do about extending the lease anyway, as Deng said to Maggie "I could walk in and take the whole lot this afternoon."

I don't think that Beijing will be wanting to Tiananmen the area though, it gets a lot of its trade through Hong Kong so really it'll want to defuse the situation as quickly as possible and then try again later but through a more seditious route.

Meanwhile:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29423147

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

We didn't just give it back for fun, the lease expired. Once again a government department didn't write the contract with any forethought to the future.

Yep, the good old days of gunboat diplomacy.

If only we still had a gunboat