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Five Types of Attitudes Towards the Agreement
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BEST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES(**)
set my mind at ease some sort of assurance and promise have been made
better than no agreement
provisions in the Agreement are generally adequate and acceptable
UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE (*)
very good and detailed agreement
result of a series of fruitful and sincere negotiations
happy to see HK restored to China
QUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE (*****)
with much reservations :
- good if the terms carried
out, and vice versa
not a matter of agreement but of action/implementation
seems to be mere words/
empty talk
no guarantee (better to have world recog- nition and guarantee)
does not seem to be legal binding
UNQUALIFIED REJECTION(*)
wished to be under British rule
not confident of China's rule at all
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- betrayed by China and/or Britain.
Frequency of mentions indicated by the number of *
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most mentions
DISINTERESTED(**)
- just ordinary people, "little
citizens"
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lower class people
old, the future is for the next generation/won't live till 1997
illiterate, haven't read the Agreement
- will be migrating
- being an expatriate
don't care about politics
at all, only care whether the basic necessities like food and shelter are satisfied, will act according to circum- stances, who governs and how HK is governed not really important
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least mentions