Chapter 2238 The inevitable ending
Li Zhongxin is a person who is very clear about the trends of future generations. He knows in his heart that even without his efforts, Hong Kong will return to the motherland smoothly.
This matter is an inevitable ending and there is no suspense. As for what Jamino thinks, he doesn't need to consider it at all.
Before Li Zhongxin was reborn, he had heard some analysis of some military experts when Hong Kong returned to China. Li Zhongxin felt that these Chinese military experts had a very thorough analysis of this matter.
On the issue of modern colonies, the British were never just fools who knew force or soft-hearted boys who were afraid of war, but were counting every point carefully.
Military risks and costs are the reasons why Britain cannot maintain its colonial rule in Hong Kong through force. It has been nearly fifty years since the end of World War II to the 1990s. During these fifty years, the whole world has undergone tremendous changes. Britain is no longer the empire that has never set.
Among the permanent members of the United Nations in the world, Britain only occupies one seat, and China has entered the member states. The most important thing is that China has become much stronger at this time and has extreme strategic weapons such as the atomic bomb. It is not something that Britain can provoke if it wants to.
Moreover, in this matter, it does not just refer to the winning or losing on the battlefield. What is more important than this is that once a war begins, China and Britain will inevitably get into evil. Not only will the British capital, which has been integrated with Hong Kong in the past 100 years, will lose all its money, but it will also cause Britain to lose the soon-to-open mainland Chinese market.
The Chinese had already made it clear when they negotiated before Hong Kong's return that Hong Kong was an inalienable part of China, and China had the confidence and determination to take back Hong Kong, and even used force.
On the Hong Kong issue, China will never make any concessions. No matter which country comes forward to say this, it is impossible.
There is a saying in China that is that it is better to break up than to be completely broken. If it really angers China, the world will definitely not be able to withstand China's anger.
The British land area is there! As long as a few atomic bombs go down, the UK no longer exists. China's land area is huge. Even if some atomic bombs are thrown in, there will not be too many problems.
Compared with the re-emerging Germany and France, Britain, which suffered from economic stagflation for 30 years after the war, fell into a continuous decline. The economic British disease plagued Mrs. Thatcher's term as prime minister from beginning to end.
Under heavy pressure, the economic losses caused by the poor handling of Hong Kong's return issue are unbearable for the British.
The deep reason behind this is the historical positioning that Hong Kong, as a port city, will inevitably return to China's national mobility ups and downs in the past two hundred years.
Even if the British colonial authorities did not use the above tone, they understood that the fate of Hong Kong would eventually be linked to mainland China.
Many times, British leaders know one thing better than people in other countries: China is no longer China during the Opium War. China has risen to the top of the world and is already one of the most powerful countries in the world. Therefore, it is inevitable that Hong Kong will return to China.
Li Zhongxin knew even more that before 1945, Hong Kong mainly engaged in re-export trade, and had no advantage over traditional coastal cities such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, etc.
After all, Hong Kong is a small place, and transportation to Hong Kong requires one more procedure, which is a lot of trouble.
However, after the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, a large number of mainland entrepreneurs and capital gathered in Hong Kong. Taking advantage of Hong Kong's location advantages, the young and middle-aged laborers continued to pour in. Under the strict Western blockade of the mainland's foreign economy, a large number of export-oriented light industries were established, which promoted the prosperity of Hong Kong's economy before the 1980s. Under the pillar of the manufacturing economy, with the advantages of intermediate location, free ports, and loose and free financial policies under the auspices of the British authorities, it grew into a financial center in the Asia-Pacific and even the world.
The borrowed time, the borrowed place" - the last Governor Patten defined Hong Kong under his jurisdiction in this way. Even the last Governor of Hong Kong had already known this situation. Then, there was basically no problem with the return of Hong Kong.
"Brother Xin, I still can't understand. Mainland China is so poor now, and Hong Kong is so rich, how can it be integrated together?
Also, Hong Kong has always been taking the capitalist route. It can be said that it is opposite to the socialism of the Chinese government. The two opposing things cannot be integrated together!" Seeing that Li Zhongxin had fallen into a state of thinking after he finished speaking, he thought about it for a moment and raised the sharpest question in his mind.
These two things have always been a discussion among members of the Rothschild family. They feel that China and Hong Kong cannot be integrated.
If we cannot integrate together, how can we be considered a return? Even if we return, how can the Chinese government manage the people in Hong Kong that have been used to it for many years?
"Have you never heard of one country, two systems?" Li Zhongxin looked at Jamino suspiciously and said questioningly.
At this time, Li Zhongxin truly felt that Jamino was just a bad guy. No, he should be said to be an ignorant guy. Before coming to Hong Kong, did he not even figure out these things?
What the hell is one country, two systems? Jamino's face was full of question marks. He really didn't know the situation of one country, two systems that Li Zhongxin said.
"Brother Xin, what do you mean by one country, two systems? Is it different systems for a country?" Jamino rolled his eyes a few times and asked carefully.
"One country, two systems! To put it bluntly, there are two systems for one country. One country, two systems refer to the fact that China's main body implements socialism, Hong Kong, Macau and other territories that are about to return, and capitalism is implemented according to the previous system.
This is the basic national policy proposed by China to solve the problem of China's peaceful reunification and the issue of restoring China's sovereignty in Hong Kong and Macao. It is that in the People's Republic of China, the mainland adheres to the socialist system as the main body of the entire country, and allows Hong Kong, Macao and other places to return to retain the capitalist system.
Chapter completed!