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We would then be moving from the short-term problem to the
long-term future.
The effect on political as well as business
confidence in Hong Kong would have to be carefully examined.
There would also be major legal problems.
9. But the Chinese appear now less inclined to tackle the
sovereignty question head on. The 'solution' they envisage
seems to be an evolutionary one, dependent on the economic
levelling up of Southern Guangdon and Hong Kong, which they
recognise will take a long time.
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