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3. ONLY ONE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER, THE CHINESE LANGUAGE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, HAS REACTED TO THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL RESEARCH' ARTICLE. THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC FOURNAL SAID THAT THE USE OF EMOTIVE TERMS LIKE ''SLY'' AND ''CUNNING'' UNDERMINED ANY PRETEXT TO OBJECTIVITY: THESE WERE THE SLOGANS OF MASS RALLIES. THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL ASKED WHY, IF CHINA DID NOT RECOGNISE BRITAIN'S LEGITIMATE POSITION IN HONG KONG, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES SHOULD HOLD TALKS WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON SUCH MATTERS AS WATER SUPPLY AND IMMIGRATION. THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY FOR BRITAIN TO ABROGATE THE TREATIES BECAUSE PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WOULD BE REQUIRED.
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