Britain once used peace negotiations to return Hong Kong to China, but it did not want to let go of the Falklands, and even did not hesitate to send troops to fight with Argentina.
The reason why Britain has the opposite attitude toward the Falklands and Hong Kong issues is that they watch the dishes and eat, although the glory of the empire that never sets is no longer there, but the weak and the strong are still this, the true face of the capital colonial countries, the colonies that have worked hard for a hundred years, how can Britain easily give up?
In the end, the Hong Kong issue can be resolved peacefully, and the important point lies in the continuous strengthening of the mainland's strength and the continuous improvement of its national status. China has experienced the humiliation of being invaded by foreign enemies for a hundred years, but in the battle of the Korean War, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army has shown its heroic and fearless fighting courage and invincible strength and combat effectiveness, which has amazed the world.
After experiencing World War II, Britain changed from a world power to a second-rate follower of the United States, and even more actively responded to the call of the old United States, sending the only three ace troops of the domestic army to the Korean battlefield, but who would have thought that the three units were repeatedly beaten by the volunteer army, and they were almost destroyed by the formed regiments.
Originally wanted to rely on their advanced weapons and equipment, can save a little on the Korean battlefield, the face of being defeated by the German army in World War II, did not expect that the face was not recovered, the troops were also heavy losses, almost no return.
Hong Kong's return
After the end of the war, under the circumstances of encirclement and sanctions by various major powers, New China independently developed and engaged in production, and successively successfully test-detonated atomic and hydrogen bombs; at the same time, the development of the aerospace and military industry in all aspects was steadily advancing.
This made Britain, thousands of miles away, very worried, seeing that the time of the lease period was getting closer and closer, and the negotiations between China and Britain on the Hong Kong issue were also imminent, eating the defeat of the Korean War, the United States did not get half a benefit in it, let alone Britain, if you want to go to Hong Kong again, you are begging for itself.
After all, Hong Kong has been China's territory since ancient times, and when a humiliating treaty was signed, Hong Kong was only leased in black and white, and when China and Britain negotiated, China was also willing to follow the provisions of the treaty, and when the lease period arrived, it would take back Hong Kong, and China would take back Hong Kong at regular intervals, which was completely without any problem.
Therefore, there is no reason for the British to continue to occupy Hong Kong and not return it, do not feel that in the years they have been stationed, Hong Kong has become one of the four Asian tigers, but even without Britain, Hong Kong can continue to prosper.
China and the UK negotiated and signed
When Margaret Thatcher was negotiating with Deng Gong, although she was a very tough iron lady, in the face of the incense issue, if you want to insist on occupying Hong Kong and not letting go, Deng Gong also made a clear statement, if you can't solve it peacefully, other ways will also be considered.
Margaret Thatcher is not stupid, the Korean War Britain suffered losses, now do not want to eat a second time, if because of a war that was originally unreasonable, so that Britain's international reputation plummeted, it is estimated that Thatcher's political career, it will come to an end.
But the Falklands are different, as a small island in the southeast corner of South America, 500 kilometers from Argentina, but 13,000 kilometers from the United Kingdom, Argentina looks like a place close to them, but it is not known that the British occupied the Falklands from 1765.
With the advent of the Age of Discovery, many places that were originally on the map and were not marked have been discovered one after another, to say that this small island does not look so important, the location is remote, compared to Hong Kong, the time and place are not so perfect, but such an inconspicuous island has become the focus of the war between Britain and Argentina.
Isle of Man
Since 1765, after the British landed on the island, they began to settle in that place, in the same period, the rise of European countries not only Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, the strength should not be underestimated, the Spaniards in 1767, the first from France to buy the falkland residential property rights, but also incidentally all the British living on the island were driven away.
But the British were not reconciled, so they gave up this place, and in 1771, they once again restored the Falklands, some of the original settlements, and then when Spain and Britain were staring at the horse to this place, in 1816, Argentina took the lead and broke away from Spanish colonial rule.
And for the Falklands, they have always insisted that they own it, at this time the British were not happy, argentina at that time was also a small country that had just been established, when was it their turn, teeth and claws with the British in this dispute for territory?
The unwilling British, in 1833, drove out all the Argentines living on the Falklands, in order to make the Falklands place naturally their own, the British also continued to emigrate from the country, trying to turn the Falklands into their own colonies by all means, Argentina was ostensibly invincible, but they faced britain stronger than themselves, would they give up on this place?
In the eyes of the British, the Falklands have occupied the Falklands for a hundred years, and the question of ownership can no longer be questioned, it has long been in their hands, but for Argentina, this place was once in the hands of Spain, and now it has escaped Spanish colonial rule, and the Falklands should also begin to belong to them.
Dispute over the Falklands
The two sides insisted on their own words, no one let anyone, in this way, the negotiation of the ownership of the island, until the 80s of the last century, has not been resolved, the soldiers can not bear it, Argentina directly sent troops into the occupation of the Falklands, and the British side is not vegetarian, as the saying goes, the skinny camel is still bigger than the horse, even if the British do not have the glory of the past, but in dealing with Argentina is still more than enough.
Argentina originally had the intention of retaking the Falklands, but the combat effectiveness of their army was not at the same level as that of the British army, and the Argentine army did not have the same strong combat effectiveness as the volunteer army did in those years, so in the eyes of the British, it was not enough to worry about it.
However, it turned out that after a battle, Argentina was indeed difficult to resist the British forces, after all, the disparity in strength between the two sides was there, and in this way, the final result was that Argentina not only did not take back the Falklands, but finally surrendered unconditionally to Britain.
Although Argentina is inferior to the British army in terms of combat effectiveness, until now, it has not given up the struggle for sovereignty over the Falklands, and the president of Argentina has continued to speak out at international conferences, insisting on continuing to solve the problem of the ownership of the Falklands with the United Kingdom.
In fact, not only to be a former colony, Britain does not want to give up colonies, more importantly, located in the Atlantic Ocean, there are more than 700 islands and reefs around it, as the gateway to the South Atlantic, it has an extremely important strategic position, in case of another war, after the closure of the Panama Canal, the Falklands have become an important passage to connect the two oceans.
British Army
Although the United Kingdom was hit hard after World War II, many colonial countries have declared independence, britain has become thin, but for colonies like the Falklands and Hong Kong, which have important strategic positions, they actually do not want to let go, but after all, the strength has long been different, and if you want to continue to occupy a place, the United Kingdom also has to see, and what is negotiated with it is the real strength of the country.
At that time, the United Kingdom aimed at the eastern powers for capital trade, and Hong Kong, as a coastal city, sold British products at home and abroad, Hong Kong was a very good springboard, whether it was economic or strategic significance, it was very important, and Hong Kong, as one of the four Asian tigers, also had this strength and status, so the United Kingdom did not want to give up.
In the end, the treatment of Hong Kong and the Falklands was completely different, after all, when the two places began to be occupied, the environmental conditions were different, and the cession of Hong Kong Island was not easy to question after the British army used strong ships and cannons to force the Qing court to sign an unequal "Treaty of Nanjing" with the Qing court after the first Opium War in 1840.
Night view of Hong Kong
And the ownership of the Falklands, whether it is Argentina or Britain or Spain, they are all justified, the mother is reasonable, anyone can compete with each other without clarity, plus Argentina, far less powerful than China, so in the end it can only be faced, has been verbally fighting, and without any practical action.