13. HOWEVER SINCE CHINA'S POLICY IS IN LINE WITH THE INTERESTS
OF HK COMPATRIOTS CHINA SHOULD RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM THEM. THE
''DEMOCRACY AGAINST COMMUNISM'' SCHOOL PER CONTRA ARE WORKING FOR
THE INTERESTS OF THE BRITISH. (SUPPORTIVE NATIONALIS EDITORIALS
ARE ALSO NOTED. THE REAL INTENTION IS TO BLOCK CHINA'S REUNIFI-
CATION. IF HONG KONG FOLLOWED TAIWAN'S EXAMPLE THERE WOULD BE
TURMOIL.)
14. ON THE FUTURE, PEKING IS NOT OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY OR DIRECT ELECTION (SIC). THE JOINT DECLARATION SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FULLY AND FAITHFULLY. BUT BRITISH HONG KONG OFFICIALS AND DEMOCRACY
AGAINST COMMUNISM'' ADVOCATES IN UMELCO ARE PLANNING TO EXTEND
THEIR SYSTEM BEYOND 1997 AS A MODEL FOR THE SAR. BRITAIN CANNOT
DECIDE THIS. IT IS AGAINST THE JOINT DECLARATION AN INFRINGEMENT OF CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY. THE JD CANNOT BE INTERPRETED SELECTIVELY. HK'S AFFAIRS IN FUTURE ARE AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR CHINA. BRITAIN
SHOULD NOT STIPULATE THE SAR POLITICAL SYSTEM OR FORCE ACCEPTANCE
OF ITS OWN.
15. BRITAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING HK IN THE TRANSITION
AND FOR HANDING OVER THIS ADMINISTRATION. A CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
HAS NO RIGHT TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND FORCE IT ON THE
SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATION. HOWEVER HK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LEGCO MEMBERS HAVE ON MAY OCCASIONS DISCLOSED THE OBJECTIVE OF DEVELOPING REPPESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BEYOND 1997. (SELECTIVE QUOTATIONS FROM DCS, SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND MESSRS. ALLEN AND MARTIN LEE.) NOT ALL
THESE VIEWS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PRACTICE: BUT THEY INDICATE MOVES
PLANNED BY THE BRITISH. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE PROVISIONS OF THE JD BECAME EMPTY WORDS, WITH EVERYTHING DECIDED WELL BEFOREHAND BY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE UNDER BRITISH CONTROL.
16. PEKING'S PRESENT CONCERN IS WHETHER CHINESE RIGHTS ARE BEING
TAKEN AWAY BY THE BRITISH: AND WHETHER THE BRITISH ARE WRITING
POST-DATED CHEQUES. NOW BRITAIN HAS AGREED TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION
OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JLG, THE PEOPLE CONCERNED SHOULD
LOOK AGAIN AT THE INTENTIONS OF THE BRITISH (WHO DO NOT HOLD MANY
TRUMPS) AND ADJUST THEIR STAND. THE PEOPLE OF HK HAVE TO STAND ON
THEIR OWN ONE DAY - AND RETURN TO THE CHINESE FOLD.
17. WHILE CHINA IS NOT OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY OR ELECTIONS THE QUESTION IS TO FIND A MODEL SUITALE TO LOCAL REALITIES AND CONDUCIVE
TO PROSPERITY AND STABILITY AS WELL AS NATIONAL UNIFICATION. (THE
ARTICLE THEN ADDRESSES VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE FRENCH AND U.S.
LEGISLATURES, FOCUSSING ON ACCOUNTABILITY'', THIS, IN ENGLISH
DICTIONARIES, MEANS ''EXPLAIN AND REPORT'', BUT NOT THAT
PARLIAMENT HAS THE POWER TO RECALL OFFICIALS. THE FRENCH NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY CAN IN THEORY IMPEACH THE GOVERNMENT BUT THE POWEP IS
IN REALITY MINIMAL. IN THE U.S. THE PRESIDENT IS THE CENTRE OF POWER
AND THE DECISION MAKER: THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY EFFICIENT AND THE
POLITICAL SITUATION STABLE.)
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