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but their misgivings will be dispelled by future developments.
Will "one country, two systems" become "one country, one system"?
Q: In Hong Kong today, some people hold the view that "one country,
two systems" will eventually become "one country, one system".
In other words, socialism will eventually take the place of
capitalism.
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That will be seventy years from now. Fifty years added to
twelve years make sixty-two years, almost seventy years.
As you (the Communist Party) see it, will the final outcome be
"one country, one system"?
Not necessarily! Wait and see! What willtthings be like after more than sixty years? This is 1985. Compared with 1975, China
If you had been to China in 1975,
has changed beyond recognition.
you should go there again now to take a look.
I came out only in 1978.
The people
I know about you. I had read your writings during the War of
resistance against the Japanese. Our comrade Huan Xiang was also a journalist during the war and I liked to read his writings when I was a student. If you go to Beijing now, you can make a comparison with what you saw several years back. you contact and the things they say have all changed a great deal. One cannot say for What exactly will happen after 50 or 60 years? sure now. But there is one basic principle: Hong Kong's systems will remain unchanged up to 2050. This I can say for sure. has undergone tremendous changes during the past few years and there will be more changes for the better in the coming years.
China
Some people in Taiwan, like my old friend Pok Shau-fu of "Newsdom", believe that the final outcome will be a capitalist
system.
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