… in violation of the Basic Law which we were fighting with the Brits at the time when the transition went from in the late nineties, 1997, from Britain to China. They said, oh, they're going to believe that they're going to honor the Basic Law, at least for 50 years. Of course, they didn't honor it for 50 minutes. And if you read the basic laws about freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, freedom of speech, all of that, one country, two systems, it never happened. (27:29–27:37)
CLAIM
Asserts that China did not honor the Basic Law for even 50 minutes, despite promises to do so for 50 years.
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