British to Give Hong Kong Residents a 'Path to Citizenship' if China Passes New Law

Rick Moran : Jun 4, 2020
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Boris Johnson and Great Britain feel a special kinship with Hong Kong residents. The colony's inhabitants are all eligible for British passports and Johnson wants to use that to allow for a fast track citizenship.

[PJMedia.com] Conservative MP Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party Conference at the ICC, in Birmingham, England, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018. He's not a member of the government and he's not speaking on the main stage, but Boris Johnson is a star at Britain's Conservative Party conference. (Image: PM Boris Johnson /AP Photo-Rui Vieira)

Britain's former colony of Hong Kong is under threat from China and the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming to their assistance.

China is threatening to blatantly violate the agreement signed with Great Britain in 1997 that gave Beijing possession of the island. In that deal, China agreed to maintain a certain autonomy for Hong Kong. But in recent years, China has sought to weaken that autonomy, leading to huge demonstrations and civil unrest.

Now, China is contemplating passing a new "security law" that would potentially strip the island of some of its independence from China. Western governments are up in arms over the proposal and are worried because it shows China cannot be trusted to keep its commitments.

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