Moving to La Linea/Gibraltar, only need some basic info Please.
Sep 15th 2011 | 4:16 pm
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Re: Moving to La Linea/Gibraltar, only need some basic info Please.
China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain in perpetuity in 1842 as part of the Treaty of Nanjing. A few years later a portion of the mainland was also ceded in perpetuity following a failed assassination attempt against the Governor.
Now China has got back something she gave away in perpetuity.
Perhaps the difference is that the Foreign Affairs Office never wanted "that damned rock" and were continually trying to get rid of it, so when China asked they got.
some good parallels there, just the Spanish cannot understand why we wont give them their damned rock back.
Now China has got back something she gave away in perpetuity.
Perhaps the difference is that the Foreign Affairs Office never wanted "that damned rock" and were continually trying to get rid of it, so when China asked they got.
some good parallels there, just the Spanish cannot understand why we wont give them their damned rock back.
Political will or lack of it?
