ANSWER. ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS ** IS A PRINCIPLE WHICH HAS BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY CONSTRUCTED, WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEEKING TRUTH FROM FACTS AND WHICH ORIGINATES FROM PRACTICE. BASED ON RESPECT FOR HISTORY AND FOR REALITY IT WAS PRODUCED BY COMRADE DENG XIAOPING'S CRYSTALISATION OF THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF OUR PARTY'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE. '' ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS '' IS A BASIC NATIONAL POLICY FOR REALISING THE GREAT TASK OF RE-UNIFYING THE MOTHERLAND. IT CANNOT BE ALTERED BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL CHANGES. DENG XIAOPING HAS STATED CLEARLY :-
** ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS, IS A PRINCIPLE PASSED BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, IT IS THE LAW. HOW CAN IT BE CHANGED ?. IF THE
POLICY IS CORRECT THEN NO-ONE CAN CHANGE IT.
AS I HAVE JUST SAID, THE PERSONNEL CHANGES IN OUR PARTY CENTRE AND
THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION ARE IN ORDER THE BETTER
TO IMPLEMENT THE PARTY'S POLICY SINCE THE THIRD PLENUM AND TO
ESTABLISH SOCIALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEY ARE NOT INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH THE POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG. THE POLICIES OF MAINTAINING THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS IN HONG KONG AND OF PROTECTING HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY HAVE ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN INTO THE JOINT DECLARATION AND APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED.
QUESTION. COULD THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION BE DRAGGED INTO HONG KONG WITH ITS CAPITALIST SYSTEM ?.
ANSWER. IT COULD NOT. THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HONG KONG. THAT IS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS **
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HONG KONG AND THE REST OF CHINA SEPARATELY CARRY OUT THE CAPITALIST AND THE SOCIALIST SYSTEMS., THEY MAINLAND MUST ADHERE TO THE FOUR CARDINAL PRINCIPLES WHILE HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE TO PRACTISE THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM. THAT IS TO SAY THE SCOPE OUR OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION ON THE MAINLAND IS STRICTLY LIMITED. IT IS LIMITED TO BEING CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND IT IS LIMITED TO BEING CARRIED OUT IN POLITICAL AND IDEALOGICAL CIRCLES. WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT REPEAT THE KIND OF MISTAKEN LEFTIST METHODS OF THE PAST, AND THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION DOES NOT AND WILL NOT LEAD TO ANY KIND OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. THEREFORE THERE IS NO REASON TO BE WORRIED THAT THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION CAN HAVE AN AFFECT ON HONG KONG.
QUESTION WILL THE PERSONNEL CHANGES AND THE OPPOSITION TO BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION HAE ANY EFFECT ON THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW FOR
THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF HONG KONG ?.
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