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IF CHINA JOINED THE GATT, IT WAS NOT CLEAR HOW OTHER GATT MEMBER STATES WOULD TREAT HONG KONG IF IT BECAME A SPECIAL ADMINIS- TRATIVE REGION OF CHINA. CHING ALSO SAID THAT IF CHINA FORCED THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH DID NOT HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE PRC TO CLOSE THEIR CONSULATES IN HONG KONG, THIS WOULD BE INTERFERENCE IN HONG KONG'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
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