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1. THE ZHENG MING ARTICLE IS A SMALL PIECE GIVEN LITTLE PROMINENCE IN THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE. IT GIVES NO HINT OF WHAT ITS SOURCES ARE, BUT REFERS TO A WORK REPORT ON WHICH JIANG ZEMIN, LI PENG AND YANG SHANGKUN HAD SEPARATELY COMMENTED. THE SENSE OF LI PENG'S COMMENT WAS THAT IN THE FUTURE HONG KONG PEOPLE COULD NOT BECOME 'SPECIAL CITIZENS'' (TEBIE UOMIN) AND THAT THE ''BIG LAW WILL CONTROL THE SMALL LAW'' SMALL LAW HERE REFERRING TO THE BASIC LAW. HE ALSO SAID THAT JUST AS THE RIVER WATER WOULD NOT POLLUTE (LITERALLY ''OPPOSE'') THE WELL WATER, SO THE WELL WATER COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO POLLUTE THE RIVER WATER. YANG SHANGKUN'S COMMENTS ARE REPORTED TO INCLUDE A FIERCE DENIAL THAT THERE COULD BE ANY RETREAT FROM THE POLICY TO STATION TROOPS IN HONG KONG. THE VIEWS OF JIANG ZEMIN REPORTED IN THE ARTICLE ARE MORE COMPLICATED BUT INCLUDE STATEMENTS THAT THE POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG CAND TAIWAN) COULD NOT CHNAGE AND NOR COULD THE POLICIES OF OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND REFORM.
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