Frank Collins:
I can understand your frustrations.
At least type your name correctly.

I fail to grasp the point Mr. Liu is trying to make. Am I misreading?

Now this is funny. Islamics from the sudan and syria and a communist from china have decided that Blair was not for freedom. Three of the most repressive regimes on the planet, who think that civil rights mean you can be allowed to live only if you worship the state religion. Now that is absurd.

Kin-ming Liu:

Feel betrayed. That's nothing new.
Most former colonies feel the same. And I say that is silly.
Because honestly Blair stood for for British national interest.
Not Hongkong's.

Dear Kin-ming Liu:
I recently read an article about riding the new Chinese train to Tibet. At first, I was quite taken aback by the way the Chinese run things, but the I realized that the Chinese Government is just like our current Government under George W. Bush except without the humor. I am sorry for what happened to Hong Kong under the Chinese Gvt

Eventual British withdrawal from Hong Kong was inevitable, just as was the Portuguese from Macau. Blair and others probably extracted about the best deal that they could. Independence was completely out of the question, and there is simply no possible way that China was going to allow self-determination and autonomy for Hong Kong due to fear that other areas, cities or regions might begin to demand the same.

Rather than criticize Blair and Patton, I think many in Hong Kong should be expressing thanks for what the British did in the 1990s. Perhaps those in Hong Kong are not so very pleased with what the British did in the mid-1800s (in grabbing Hong Kong and the New Territories), but then again, Hong Kong did not suffered the upheavals that the rest of China did in 1900, the 1920s and the 1950s-70s.

Georgia

I have some doubt about the British or Mr Patten had done to Hong Kong before the return Hong Kong to China. Hong Kong is very much like Washington DC: taxation without representation. Mr. Liu was too young to remember how the British were treated Hong Kong people in the 60's. Please go back and study history before you put your pen to work.

Mr. Kin-ming Liu is under the misconception that the notions of Democracy [as per Mr. Blair and Mr. Bush] apply to all sovereign states.

When push comes to shove these two "compassionate" leaders can only shove defenceless countries such as Serbia, Iraq Afganistan and Somalia.

While both like to lecture China and Russia, neither has the guts or the finacial strength, or military might to take on any great power, especially one who can send "free with compliments" A-bombs or more sophistaked WMD-s to the shover.

I am sure the IRaqis and the Afgans are jumping for joy that Blair and Bush [with related vassals of USA] are trying to "GIVE THEM DEMOCRACY.

It will be a pity if the patient does not survive the operation. To pick on stronger patients[Russia or China] would involve gambling in a russian roulette game, when all chambers are loaded with FATAL AMMUNITION.

So I have some proposition for Mr. Liu, do not believe even 5% of what comses from the moputh of Mr Blai/Bush and their so called "friends" a.k.a. vassal states' leaders.

Excuse me if my perception if off, but this commentary seems very infantile. The opportunities and challenges with the Chinese are far larger than any single personality.