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In answer to Chairman Deng's question as to whether Lord Kadoorie had
anything else to say, Lord Kadoorie said that China was following
very sound financial policy by not borrowing excessively. He hoped
that his company and China would create the wealth together. Unlike
many other countries which borrowed heavily and lived beyond their
China was building from the root upwards and not from top to
bottom.
Chairman Deng replied that China only did things which were within her
capabilities, but China's potentials had not been tapped.
Even 80,
China was in a position to repay the loans which she was borrowing.
He said that in co-operating with foreign capital, it should be made certain that they did not lose money.
Only by this would other
When one talked about the
Of course China also hoped that the foreign investor did not make
excessive profit. It should be such that the parties involved were able to share the profit in a fair manner.
investors be encouraged to come into China.
continuation of the open door policy, this particular aspect formed an
integral part of that policy.
Chairman Deng said it will not work if only one party were
benefited.
to be
In a similar way, when negotiations took place in connection with the
question of Hong Kong between China and the U.K., the interests of
China, U.K. and the people of Bong Kong were taken into On this basis an agreement was reached.
consideration.
Chairman Deng said that there remained now the question of Taiwan. He
said one could say that the terms offered to Taiwan were broader than
those available to Hong Kong, in that Taiwan is allowed to keep its
troops. Similarly, the solution for Taiwan cannot be one which
benefited only one side. The interests of Taiwan and those of the
foreign investors with economic ties with Taiwan would be looked
after, or else it would not work.
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