TNAG-1719-FCO40-2399-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1988 — Page 230

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DATED 15 FEBRUARY 1988.

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GOVERNMENT.

CHINESE PRESS REACTION TO WHITE PAPER.

1. NCNA, RENMINRIBAO (OVERSEAS AND DOMESTIC EDITIONS) AND CHINA

DAILY ALL CARRIED REPORTS ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER. ALL THE REPORTS WERE FACTUALLY BASED ON QUOTES FROM THE WHITE PAPER.

2. THE CHINA DAILY REPORT, ON THE FRONT PAGE ON 11 FEBRUARY, WAS A SHORT PIECE CONCLUDING WITH SIR DAVID FORD'S WORDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED CHANGES TO BE EVOLUTIONARY, NOT REVOLUTIONARY.

3. THE RENMINRIBAO COVERSEAS EDITION) REPORT, FRONT PAGE ON 11 FEBRUARY, WAS A LONGER PIECE WHICH GAVE MORE DETAIL ON THE BACKGROUND TO THE WHITE PAPER. AN IDENTICAL REPORT APPEARED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE RENMINBI RIBAO (DOMESTIC EDITION) ON 12 FEBRUARY.

4. THE NCANA PIECE PITCHED ITS DETAIL BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO REPORTS.

5. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMENT ON THE WHITE PAPER IN THE PRESS HERE (COPIES OF ARTICLES FOLLOW BY BAG).

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