Comment by klelatti
7 months ago
> It almost feels like China is involved in this because the number doesn't sound like something Mauritius would come up with on their own. See other 99 year leases the CCP is involved in, they're obsessed with this number
Err 99 leases are common in lots of places. 99 years is a bit more than a lifetime so not many people care much about what happens afterwards. And it is a lot shorter than in perpetuity which would look bad for whoever is granting it.
> In England during the sixteenth century it was common practice to make leases for a term of three lives or a period of 99 years. It is presumed to be upon the theory that the lease should last thru three generations as it has been common practice to accept thirty-three years as the span of a single generation.
https://archive.org/details/longtermlandlea00mcmigoog/page/n...
So, 99 years is basically 3 Jesuses? Or 3J?
The forced dispossession of the islanders of their home was a crime against humanity by the UK in the first place. This is righting an abysmal wrong
But this doesn't quite right, since as far I understand, the Islanders aren't necessarily Mauritians.