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What is the difference between "should the situation in the city deteriorate" and "in case the situation in the city deteriorate"?
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LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the stakes in a confrontation with China over Hong Kong on Wednesday, promising to allow nearly three million people eligible for a British overseas passport to live and work in Britain, if Beijing were to impose a new security law on the former British colony.
Mr. Johnson’s promise, made in a column in The Times of London, would open the door to a significant influx of people fleeing Hong Kong, should the situation in the city deteriorate further. But it left unanswered questions about how difficult it would be for those arrivals to obtain British citizenship.
Source: NYTimes June 3, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/...ong-kong-china.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
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LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the stakes in a confrontation with China over Hong Kong on Wednesday, promising to allow nearly three million people eligible for a British overseas passport to live and work in Britain, if Beijing were to impose a new security law on the former British colony.
Mr. Johnson’s promise, made in a column in The Times of London, would open the door to a significant influx of people fleeing Hong Kong, should the situation in the city deteriorate further. But it left unanswered questions about how difficult it would be for those arrivals to obtain British citizenship.
Source: NYTimes June 3, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/...ong-kong-china.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes