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a) The October issue of the theoretical periodical
"Red Flag" contains a fundamental article by
Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Li Chian dealing with Chinese foreign trade in which he also
discusses at some length the supply situation of Ilongkong and Macao. He says that "Hongkong
men.
and Macao are Chinese territories and more than
98 % of their inhabitants are our fellow-country-
The Hongkong and Macao question is a
historical relic and will be settled in a
suitable manner when the conditions for doing so
are ripe. Under present-day conditions, the
export of consumer goods to Hongkong and Macao
is a special problem of Chinese foreign trade.
The political and economic situation in Hongkong
is complicated; competition in this market is very keen. We must consolidate and extond Hongkong's
patriotic, anti-hegemonist united front and unite ourselves with all patriotic fellow-countrymen
in order to fight together against the imperialists,
revisionists and reactionaries. We must carry out our policy correctly and, at the same time, do
everything to supply Hongkong and Macao."
b) On 1 October 1977, a group of prominent business-
men from Hongkong went to Peking on the occasion of the Chinese National Day. It was received,
among others, by Defence Minister Yeh Chieng-ying and Mr. Liao Cheng-chih, a Central Committee member and adviser to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Liao told his visitors that the late
Chairman Mao had ordered that China should not
take back Hongkong until Taiwan was liberated.
not In this context, Mao had/specified the year 1997. The visitors had then been invited to work for
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