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"ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS AND "THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG"
DRAFT SPEAKING NOTES
HONG KONG"
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is a
1. The concept of "One Country, Two Systems
political innovation formulated with Taiwan primarily in
mind.
On 30 September 1981, Marshal Ye Jianying, then
Chairman of the NPC, issued a 9-point plan for
A re-unification.
This included Taiwan becoming an SAR
This was well before the
However, the Chinese no
with a high degree of autonomy.
Hong Kong negotiations started.
doubt had the applicability of something similar to Hong
Kong in mind as an option for solving the more immediate
Hong Kong problem.
2. For understandable reasons the scope of autonomy on
offer to Taiwan is greater than for Hong Kong
principally being able to retain its own armed forces.
Taiwan's political leaders could also take up national
political posts: that is not part of the "One Country,
Two Systems" concept, but rather a political olive-branch
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willingness to share the national inheritance with the
KMT.
3.
Some points about the concept:
a.
The emphasis is on "one country". Whatever
/concessions