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The People's Republic has always had the power to change substantially our way of life in Hong Kong but has in our done
Nor has China interfered So. administration. The price of our potential vulnerability has therefore been limited. We have had to accept that independence is out. But we have been free to develop our own society and administer it on our own.
Nor is freedom from interference from China, the only unusual feature of Hong Kong's curious political and geographical position. It should not be forgotten that Hong Kong is very different from Britain as well as being very different from China. Hong Kong, despite the fact that it is a dependent territory, has enjoyed almost complete autonomy in the management of its economic, fiscal
and social policies.