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and radical labor unions were suspended because of their street

violence. Quickly, the PRC showed her concern. Protests were raised,

and

demonstrations

were organized against the British Hong Kong

government. The People's Daily carried a message from the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs declaring that Hong Kong was under the sovereignty of

China. The Chinese in Hong Kong had the right to fight against British

imperialism and the right to take back Hong Kong it said. She also

argued that it was legal and legitimate for Chinese farmers to come in

Hong Kong territory to farm. It was legal and legitimate for Peking to

be interested in Hong Kong

Kong politics because Hong Kong was Chinese

and all Hong Kong Chinese were Chinese

compatriots. The protests were raised in the People's Daily constantly

sovereign territory,

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for about three months until the riots calmed down.

On March 8, 1972, in his

Decolonization Special Committee, Huang Hwa, in his capacity as Minister

of Foreign Affairs, declared that the PRC would never consider Hong Kong

and Macao as colonies simply because the present status of Hong Kong and

Macao resulted from unequal treaties. Therefore, problems arising in

these two places were the problems of China,

letter to the Chairman of the UN

and these problems could

not be considered as regular colonial problems. The PRC, Huang claimed,

would make efforts to solve the problem of Hong Kong and Macao when the

time was right. Before that time, the status of these places

remained

the same. Huang's claim had very significant political implications.

It would do away with the title of colony; it would allow China to

prevent the self-determination of Hong Kong and its belongers. In the

same nature, all the events cited above carry a message of non-

recognition of "unequal-treaties." Under this basic legal concept,

all

the naturalization and immigration controls between China and Hong Kong,

and restrictions on political activities of the Chinese in Hong Kong are

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