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CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG. ZHOU NAN SEEMS TO HAVE REPLIED WITH A DEAD BAT: THE FUTURE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEM OF HONG KONG WAS ALREADY SET OUT IN THE JD AND THE BASIC LAW. FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG THERE HAD BEEN NO DEMOCRACY. IN FUTURE CHINA WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEMOCRATISATION STEP BY STEP. BUSINESS CIRCLES IN HONG KONG HAD THE SAME APPROACH.
5. THE EMBASSY ADDED THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA HAD ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED. ZHOU NAN HAD SAID THAT CHINA HOPED THAT FOLLOWING KAIFU'S VISIT TO CHINA, RELATIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. NAKAYAMA OBSERVED THAT IN JAPAN'S VIEW, CHINA SHOULD NOT BE ISOLATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
6. ZHOU NAN HAD SAID THAT HE HOPED TO HAVE A FURTHER TALK WITH NAKAYAMA NEXT TIME THE LATTER WAS IN HONG KONG.
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