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4. WHETHER THE CHINESE WILL PURSUE THEIR CLAIM IS NOT DEPENDENT ONLY ON INTERNAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS'' IN CHINA. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE ITS VIEW ON
HONG KONG IF ITS EXTERNAL ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
TO CHINA CHANGED. I SUGGEST THAT ''DEPENDENT MORE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINESE POLICY'' WOULD BE A BETTER
PHRASE.
5. ON A SMALL POINT OF DRAFTING, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHINESE POSITION THAT THE THREE TREATIES ARE
UNEQUAL, HAVE THEY STATED THIS PUBLICLY IN SUCH SPECIFIC TERMS (1.E. HAVE THEY PUBLICLY SEPARATED OUT THE THREE TREATIES ON HONG KONG FROM THE
- GENERAL QUESTION OF UNEQUAL TREATIES ?
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