I have been following the news @crypto.piotr.

My understanding was that the British government handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, so effectively Chine owns Hong Kong.

China is expanding its influence in countries as far as the continent of Africa and even South America, how it can't stretch that influence into a state it owns is what are talking about.

When the British reached an agreement of One country but two systems, they should have known there was no way that would last forever. You can't tell a country as big and powerful as China that you own this but this is how you'll use it.

China has been increasing its' influence even since the word go, but the world seem not to have noticed it.

China has the same infleunce in many African and South American countries too, they control where you import some certain items, they provide development on loan which the know you'll default and the condition of default is that they run the business for lengthy number years.

So don't be surprised to find out the airport you just landed in an African country is been run by a Chinese company.