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These would, of course, not visit for their own purposes. accord with the declared interests of Martin Lee and his supporters, or with those of anyone else with Hong Kong's genuine interests at heart.
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I understand also that I may have misjudged Grant Goodman's part in organising the proceedings, and that my suggestion that we might write to him was probably misplaced.
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He appears not to have had any responsibility for organising the panels, except for inviting Graham Johnson to be discussant of the first session, and was in fact there solely
The organisers of the first session, as chairman of the sessions.
the less objectionable of the two, were John Young and Kerrie MacPherson. The second session was organised by Joanne Chang,
Grant Goodman was, I gather, criticised and apparently George Hicks. by some panel members for giving me the platform, for proposing Graham Johnson's participation and for cutting the discussion short at the end, the second session finished seven minutes before the appointed time. I may therefore have been unfair to him, despite his mischievous contributions.
Second postscript
I have also spoken to Bob Kapp of the Washington Council
Mr. Kapp was formerly with for International Trade in Seattle. the Washington China Relations Council, and is a Chinese linguist and long time student of Chinese and Hong Kong affiars. His view is that, despite any pretensions it may have, the Association of Asian Studies is not really all that important or influential in circles that matter to us.
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Dr. Woo Chia-wei said to me this morning that his reading of current developments in Taiwan leads him to believe that Joanne Chang and others like her may well no longer be represen- He suggested that they may tative of official policy in Taiwan. rather be attempting to preserve their own personal positions and reputations, which have been based on a particular set of views which are in fact now out of date.