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(a) China's

reforms

economic

reforms

preceded

political

and as such both the pace and the nature

of reform were different from those in the

U.S.S.R.

(b) Our guides took pains to explain to us during our

) and Chengde

visit to Yonghe Gong

(承德

雍和宫

> that China's territorial integrity

included Tibet, Xinjiang and Mongolia.

history of Chengde

(承德

Even the

) itself was an

indication of China's policy to embrace minority

races

within its Kingdom, eg Emperor Qianlong

could read and write in Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan

and Han.

(c) Mr Wang Fengchao (天鳳凰超)in the HK Macau

Office reconfirmed

the importance of implementing

the one country two systems concept and Hong Kong

people governing Hong Kong under the Sino-British

Joint

Declaration.

was none too

He also reiterated that China

happy about Britain's policy on the

Right of Abcde but assured us that China would not

take it out on individuals.

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