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Originally posted by parador
Not for a blockade. They were build to keep the shipping open. Because it will be easy for the commonwealth, to make a blockade for the harbor of Guangzhou.
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Originally posted by RLBH
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Originally posted by parador
Not for a blockade. They were build to keep the shipping open. Because it will be easy for the commonwealth, to make a blockade for the harbor of Guangzhou.
Hell, why would you want to blockade Hong Kong anyway? Just terminate the lease on the New Territories with immediate effect, citing unfriendly conduct or somesuch thing, send in a division or two to make sure the lease is terminated, and watch Kowloon and Hong Kong Island squirm.
The latter two were handed back in 1997 in OTL despite having been ceded in perpetuity to Britain since they couldn't support themselves or be defended. Speaking of which, what happened to Weihaiwei? I was running Britain in 1930, when it got handed back in OTL, and don't remember doing it. Of course, we could throw a fly in the ointment by having Lord Lugard's proposal to return Weihaiwei to China in exchange for the New Territories in perpetuity.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "perdedor99" (Aug 20th 2010, 8:13pm)
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Originally posted by RLBH
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Originally posted by parador
Not for a blockade. They were build to keep the shipping open. Because it will be easy for the commonwealth, to make a blockade for the harbor of Guangzhou.
Hell, why would you want to blockade Hong Kong anyway? Just terminate the lease on the New Territories with immediate effect, citing unfriendly conduct or somesuch thing, send in a division or two to make sure the lease is terminated, and watch Kowloon and Hong Kong Island squirm.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by RLBH
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Originally posted by parador
Not for a blockade. They were build to keep the shipping open. Because it will be easy for the commonwealth, to make a blockade for the harbor of Guangzhou.
Hell, why would you want to blockade Hong Kong anyway? Just terminate the lease on the New Territories with immediate effect, citing unfriendly conduct or somesuch thing, send in a division or two to make sure the lease is terminated, and watch Kowloon and Hong Kong Island squirm.
That'd activate SAER, GNUK, and the Commonwealth defense agreements. Probably not a smart thing for China to do if they wanted to reach the end of the 1900s as a politically-independent and intact nation.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "perdedor99" (Aug 20th 2010, 8:36pm)
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Originally posted by perdedor99
But Weihaiwei on the other hand they are IMO on their right to cancel. The lease was for British to be there while Japan have control of Port Arthur. With Japanese gone China is on their right to end that lease.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by perdedor99
But Weihaiwei on the other hand they are IMO on their right to cancel. The lease was for British to be there while Japan have control of Port Arthur. With Japanese gone China is on their right to end that lease.
Were the Japanese ever in Port Arthur in the WW timeline?
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
The Japanese ran it until when?
This post has been edited 3 times, last edit by "perdedor99" (Aug 20th 2010, 10:28pm)
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