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3. WEN WE PO'S FRONT-PAGE LEAD WAS A STORY FILED BY HITS CORRESPONDENT HAN PEKING WHICH SAND THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS SPREADING WITHIN CHINA THE MESSAGE OF ITS UNTENTHON TO RECOVER SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. NOT ONLY HAD THE NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS AND RADIO BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT CHINA USED STATEMENTS
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