Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: null Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Daniel Lambert Richard Wolfe Joshua Tom Loghrin Warren Rudkin Andrew Niedbala Mitchell Wildoer Blaine Tillack Bernardo Santos Matthew John Garcia Richard Hartzell Will Davis-Coleman Danny Anstess Henry Rabung August Block Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Joooooshhhhh Vesko Dinev PaulToon Kelly Moneymaker FuzzytheFair Armani_Banani Jeffrey Schneider Byzans_Scotorius Seth Reeves Haydn Noble Josh Cornelius Gideon Rashkes Spencer Smith Cornel Borină Roberto Andrew Keeling Richard Manklow Chance Cansler João Santos Gabriel Lunde Pierre Le Mouel anon Why did Britain give Hong Kong back to China? TL:DW - It's because they didn't have a choice. What were they going to do? Fight? Sources: A Reward for Good Behaviour in the Cold War: Bargaining over the Defence of Hong Kong, 1949-1957 by Chi-Kwan Mark Lack of Means or Loss of Will? The United Kingdom and the Decolonization of Hong Kong, 1957-1967 by Chi-Kwan Mark Hong Kong: The Critical Phase, 1945-1949 by W. Roger Louis