Georgius rexitHONG KONG is littered with reminders of its imperial past. Prisons, schools and parks bear the names of British monarchs. There are still public statues of them. The island’s harbour, its hilly peak and a main road in the business district are named in honour of Queen Victoria. Almost all of the British colonial governors are remembered in street names.
But China is worried about what it sees as a lack of appreciation in Hong Kong for its salvation from colonial rule (sometimes evident at pro-democracy rallies where a few people are seen waving colonial-era flags). In September Chen Zuo’er, a former Chinese official who heads a think-tank in Hong Kong, criticised the island’s “failure” to decolonise and the “refusal” of people to accept the territory’s relationship with the mainland. Even FIFA, football’s world governing body, is cross. This month it fined the Hong Kong Football Association because of booing by the territory’s fans of China’s national anthem (which is now their own) during a match.
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