Hong Kong's prospects
The "escalation" of the rank of the top man in Hong Kong signifies the escalation of the work of the
united front, the escalation of the work on Taiwan, the
escalation of the struggle against the Soviet Union, the
escalation of Sino-British relations and the escalation
of economic work. The No.1 enemy of Communist China abroad is not Britain, the United States or the Chiang gang, but the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union may choose to create chaos in Hong Kong to disrupt social order,
the economy, public confidence and ultimately the entire situation. The Chinese must take appropriate counter-
measures: you want chaos, but I want stability. You want to fish in troubled waters, but I want to win by maintaining stability. Britain, too, wants stability and not chaos in
Hong Kong. It is for the sake of stability that the British
have in recent years guarded against the Soviet Union and curbed the Chiang gang's activities here. And the Hong Kong residents in general want a stable life. While the people on the mainland yearn for order, the people of Hong Kong
yearn for stability. These three forces are united in
their common interests. This is a favourable factor for
Chinese activities here and also for commercial developments in Hong Kong. Whoever wants to poke his nose in will find himself pitted against three forces and will surely go down in defeat. In short, the prospects of Hong Kong are good.
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