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handicrafts, retail shops and service industries.

this way,

In

we will gradually find jobs for people waiting

for employment.

Unemployment was caused by the slow growth

of our economic and other undertakings in the last decade

It is entirely

or

So.

China is a socialist country

possible for her to solve the unemployment problem.

The question of Hong Kong is of the greatest interest not

only to the people of Hong Kong but of the British people,

too. What part do you think Hong Kong can play in China's

modernisation programme?

I think Hong Kong can do a lot because it has a number of

favourable conditions. There have traditionally been very

Our

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close ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. compatriots in Hong Kong love the motherland and are keenly

interested in its progress. Hong Kong is a major free port

in Asia that has developed its own industries and technology in recent years. Currently, China has good relations with

the United Kingdon and the authorities in Hong Kong.

think that with mutual efforts, there are great potent-

ialities for developing economic cooperation between Hong

This will be to our mutual benefit. Kong and the mainland. The power relationships in the world are changing very

rapidly especially, of course, the growing military

What is China's response to power of the Soviet Union.

this? And how do you think the West European countries

should respond?

Everyone can see that the world today is more turbulent

and more tense.

World peace and stability is threatened

primarily by the intensified rivalry between the two super-powers for world hegemony, and social imperialism has shown a greater tendency to take risks.

This