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4. WHETHER THE CHINESE WILL PURSUE THEIR CLAIM IS NOT DEPENDENT ONLY ON INTERNAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS'' IN CHINA. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE ITS VIEW ON

HONG KONG IF ITS EXTERNAL ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

TO CHINA CHANGED. I SUGGEST THAT ''DEPENDENT MORE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINESE POLICY'' WOULD BE A BETTER

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5. ON A SMALL POINT OF DRAFTING, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CHINESE POSITION THAT THE THREE TREATIES ARE

UNEQUAL, HAVE THEY STATED THIS PUBLICLY IN SUCH SPECIFIC TERMS (1.E. HAVE THEY PUBLICLY SEPARATED OUT THE THREE TREATIES ON HONG KONG FROM THE

- GENERAL QUESTION OF UNEQUAL TREATIES ?

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