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FROM CHINA. SIR ROBIN SAID SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS WERE STILL GOOD ON THE WHOLE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING NOW WAS FOR THE CHINESE SIDE TO START TALKING INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING ISSUES VIA THE MEGAPHONE. SIR ROBIN DENIED HE DISAGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S REFORM PROPOSALS AND SAID AS BRITISH AMBASSADOR, HIS JOB WAS TO PROMOTE BRITISH GOVERNMENT POLICY WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR. SIR ROBIN ALSO SAID THE GOVERNOR SHOULD INSIST ON HIS OWN REFORM PROPOSALS.
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SING PAO NOTED A REPORT IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF MIRROR MAGAZINE' INDICATED DENG XIAOPING HAD GIVEN ORDERS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPROMISE ON PRINCIPLES CONCERNING SOVEREIGNTY AND THE JD BL AND SINO-BRITISH UNDERSTANDING, AND THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD COMPLY TO THE END IF THE BRITISH SIDE CONTINUED CONFRONTATION. EVEN IF THE CHINESE SIDE WERE TO SET UP 'ANOTHER STOVE' IT WOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE JD, BL AND SINO-BRITISH UNDERSTANDING. CHINA'S TRUMP CARDS INCLUDED FRANCHISES STRADDLING 1997, THE NEW AIRPORT AND BRITISH INTERESTS IN HONG KONG.
15. SOME PAPERS NOTED (7.12) THAT THE FORMER US PRESIDENT, RICHARD NIXON, HAD PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS.
16. WEN WEI PO (8.12) PROMINENTLY REPORTED A SENIOR LEADER OF THE CENTRAL CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD TOLD SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS RECENTLY THAT ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, THE CENTRAL CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REGARDED A STRUGGLE WOULD BE INEVITABLE. THE CHINESE STAND WAS THE BRITISH SIDE HAD TO RETURN TO THE TRACK OF THE JD. OTHERWISE THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD DEFINITELY SET UP 'ANOTHER STOVE'. THE REPORT QUOTED AUTHORITATIVE PEOPLE.
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REPORTS NOTED THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LI JIANYING SAID (4.12) THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THE NEXT JLG MEETING IN HONG KONG WOULD ACHIEVE POSITIVE RESULTS AND THE BRITISH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WOULD ABANDON THEIR PLAN ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. IT WAS NOTED THE BRITISH JLG TEAM LEADER, ANTHONY GALSWORTHY, SAID HE COULD NOT SAY IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS GIVEN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
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IN A REGULAR SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AND NEW
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