Geopolitics
The Weight of Selective Abandonment: Britain's Citizenship Legacy and the Search for Truth in Hong Kong
The article argues that Britain's post-Tiananmen selective citizenship policy created political fractures in Hong Kong, and explores the possibility of a UK-based truth commission as a path to historical reckoning beyond the current suppression. This is a damning indictment of the cynical, divide-and-rule tactics of a retreating imperial power, whose legacy of selective abandonment continues to haunt the people of Hong Kong and fuels the very conflicts it now hypocritically laments.
