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13. SOME PEOPLE INDULGING IN BOURGEOIS LIBERALISM HAD HOPED THAT
THE MAINLAND WOULD TURN CAPITALIST. THEY CALLED THIS COMPREHENSIVE WESTERNIZATION. THEY DID NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS MEANT BY **ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS''.
14.
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS BY AN AMERICAN REPORTER ON TAIWAN, DENG HAD SAID THAT HE HAD EXPLAINED THAT UNIFICATION HAD BEEN THE
COMMON DESIRE OF THE ENTIRE CHINESE PEOPLE FOR HALF A CENTURY.
IT WAS THE WISH OF THE WHOLE CHINESE RACE. TAIWAN'S STATUS WOULD NEVER BE STABLE IT IT WERE NOT UNITED WITH THE MOTHERLAND. WHO
KNOWS? ONE DAY IT MIGHT BE TAKEN AWAY BY OTHER POWERS.'' (ACCORDING
TO SOME MEDIA REPORTS, DENG SPECIFICALLY REFERRED AT THE MEETING TO JAPAN AND THE USA HAVING PARTICULAR AMBITIONS IN THIS CONTEXT,
BUT THE NCNA TEXT DOES NOT MENTION NAMES.
15. SIXTH, THE CONTENTS OF THE BASIC LAW SHOULD NOT BE TOO DETAILED. HONG KONG SHOULD NOT JUST COPY WESTERN ARRANGEMENTS. ITS
PRESENT SYSTEM HAD BEEN IN OPERATION FOR HALF A CENTURY. IT WOULD
NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO JUDGE DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG USING THE YARD-
STICK OF BRITISH OR AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS. WESTERN
DEMOCRACY WAS CHARACTERISED BY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CHINA
WAS NOT AGAINST ELECTIONS IN COUNTRIES WHERE ELECTIONS WOULD WORK.
BUT CHINA ITSELF DID NOT HAVE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS NOR IN A
BICAMERAL SYSTEM. THE NPC SYSTEM WAS MOST SUITED TO CHINA, IN
FUTURE HONG KONG WOULD BE RUN BY HONG KONG PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE
HAD TO MEET THE STANDARD OF BEING PATRIOTIC AND LOVING HONG KONG.
**WOULD GENERAL ELECTIONS PRODUCE SUCH PEOPLE?" THE GOVERNOR OF
HONG KONG RECENTLY SPOKE ABOUT GRADUAL CHANGES. THIS WAS A PRACTICAL
WAY TO PROCEED. EVEN IF THERE HAD TO BE GENERAL ELECTIONS, THEY
SHOULD BE INTRODUCED GRADUALLY AND IMPLEMENTED STEP BY STEP. CHINA
COULD HAVE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE NEXT CENTURY.
AT PRESENT DIRECT ELECTIONS WERE HELD AT SUB-PROVINCIAL LEVELS.
WHAT MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED IN SOME COUNTRIES COULD BE UNSUITABLE FOR
OTHERS. EVERY COUNTRY, AND EVERY TERRITORY WITHIN A COUNTRY, HAD
TO DECIDE ITS OWN SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT STYLE ACCORDING TO ITS
PRACTICAL NEEDS. (SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) SOME PAPERS REPORTED THAT
DENG HAD ALSO SPOKEN AGAINST THE TOTAL SEPARATION OF POWERS IN HONG
KONG, BUT NOTHING ON THIS APPEARED IN THE OFFICIALLY RELEASED TEXT.
(SQUARE BRACKETS END)
16.
THERE WAS THE REMAINING QUESTION OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN HONG
KONG AFFAIRS. ''DON'T PRESUME THAT IT WOULD SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS IF
THE CPG ABSOLUTELY DID NOT INTERFERE IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS AND HONG
KONG PEOPLE WOULD RUN THINGS ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN.'' THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT NATURALLY WOULD NOT INTERVENE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE SAR. 'BUT SHOULDN'T BEIJING INTERVENE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED
IN HONG KONG WHICH WOULD HARM THE BASIC INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY
OR OF HONG KONG ITSELF?'' ONE COULD NOT PRESUME THAT HONG KONG DID
NOT POSSESS THE POWER TO DESTROY. CHAOS WOULD FOLLOW IF THE CPG
RELINQUISHED ALL POWERS. IT WOULD THUS BE BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG IF THE CPG RETAINED CERTAIN POWERS. PEOPLE IN THE SAR COULD
CRITICISE CHINA OR THE CCP ON CERTAIN MATTERS. BUT IT WOULD NOT DO
CONFIDENTIAL
/IF.