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5. Second, the 1985 to 6 issue of Red Flag has an

article by Yan Jiaqi: "ONe country, two systems

scientific implications and some characterists" (details

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in Miss Stubb's teleletter to Mr Orr of 21 March). Wen

Wei Po carried a commentary on it on 16 March

it on 16 March (attached).

HONG KONG AND TAIWAN

6. The successful application of "One country, two

systems" to Hong Kong is crucial to China's strategy for

peaceful re-unification with Taiwan. This does not mean

that reunification with Taiwan is postponed to the

distant future and is therefore downgraded in importance

as a central goal of Chinese policy. People in Taiwan

can argue that only a long period after 1997 will show

whether China's undertakings about Hong Kong will be

honoured in practice. However, for China the reactions

before 1997 of the people and economy of Hong Kong to the

future change of status will be a crucial measure of the

success of the concept. Chinese leaders will argue that

leaders and people in Taiwan should prove their

patriotism and realism by starting to talk now about

future changes to reunite Taiwan and the mainland.

will also attack even more strongly than in the past any

moves which they think will make their aim of starting

such talks harder to achieve: such as, de facto

They

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