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UNQUOTE.
HE CONSIDERED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEKING AND TAIWAN
WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG. THE US ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE
ΤΟ CONTEMPLATE THE CHANGES IN CHINA AND HOPED THAT THE CHINESE
ATTITUDE ON HONG KONG WOULD CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. THE CONCEPT OF
GREATER CHINA WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
HE ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS ANY
WAY TO USE THE NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAIWAN AND PEKING TO EFFECT
A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE IN CHINA TOWARDS HONG KONG. THE GOVERNOR
REPLIED THAT CHINA CERTAINLY HOPED THAT THE ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEM
ARRANGEMENT WOULD EVENTUALLY COVER TAIWAN AS WELL. HONG KONG HAD
FEATURED IN THE RECENT TAIWANESE ELECTIONS. CHINA WOULD HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY SHE TREATED HONG KONG WOULD BE IMPORTANT
FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF CHINA, AND ALSO REALISE THAT THIS
TREATMENT WOULD BE SEEN BY THE REST OF THE WORLD AS A TOUCHSTONE
FOR HER EMERGENCE AS A FULL PLAYER IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
10.
THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED THAT CHINESE
INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG WAS NOW MORE THAN THAT FROM THE US. THE
GOVERNOR RESPONDED THAT CHINA WAS NOW THE LARGEST FOREIGN INVESTOR
IN HONG KONG. THERE WAS THEREFORE A CONSTRAIN ON THE AMOUNT OF
DAMAGE CHINA WOULD WANT TO IMPOSE ON HONG KONG. SHE HAD
OVERREACTED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN HONG
KONG SEMI COLON DENG XIAO PING PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH
WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET AN ACCEPTABLE DEAL FROM OUR
NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA, OR HAVE A DEAL AT ALL, REMAINED UNCERTAIN
AT THIS STAGE. THE THIRD ROUND OF OUR TALKS TO BE HELD IN THE
THIS.
CONFIDER
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