Thermodolia wrote:Bengal and Assam wrote:I personally think my country would've been far better off if we just sucked it up and sticked with the Brits. We might have ended up like Hong Kong and the Bahamas, a rich territory with a stable democracy.
Except in the case of the Bahamas they have the world’s largest economy right next door. Bengal doesn’t. And Hong Kong isn’t really any place anyone wants to be in right now
Hong Kong isn't really a place people don't want to be because it is no longer under the British Crown, and the CCP tries to bring it closer to the rest of China.