John Fitzpatrick News on Hong Kong. Hong Kong was colonised by the UK on the basis of a 'Lease', meaning: they took it by force and torture from China because China was weak. As China got strong and the UK got weak, the UK gave it back at the end of the "Lease". Hong Kong has had a great time compared to China because it is small, clever, and a big trading port, and is supported financially by China...well, til now. Hong Kong protestors are upset that now China is too rich, so HK wants to be something else. They complain China is far too Communist and far too Capitalist. They don't actually have any options. Hong Kong is China. They are lost souls of change, although reasonably well off. If Hong Kong caves in, financially, Singapore, as always, will be happy to takeover being the most important trading hub in Asia again...and Hong Kongers can be poor, as poor as they choose to be. China, the government, will not intrude, because they keep their treaties and they keep their promises...unlike everyone else. Protestors: We have to destroy things and kill someone, or many people, many important important people so that China invades us, and we can cry "Liberty! Freedom! Democracy!" ...but China is not a bait-taker. It is not like other countries. The people of Hong Kong, by choice, simply don't understand their own country, and they probably will destroy their part of it, for and by themselves. Fortunately, China has made very good trade connections with Singapore to future-proof the One Belt One Road Project for the people of ...China.