TNAG-1882-FCO40-2673-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-Chinese-complaints-con-1989 — Page 13

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OR DECLARE THAT THE MORE INTERNATIONALIZED HONG KONG IS, THE MORE GUARANTEED ITS FUTURE.

AT THE SAME TIME, SOME AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALSO BUSTLING ABOUT GETTING THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS.

IN JULY, AT THE URGING OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, THE HONG KONG ISSUE WAS WRITTEN INTO THE COMMUNIQUE OF THE SUMMIT OF SEVEN MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NATIONS. THIS WAS A TURNING POINT IN A BID TO INTERNATIONALIZE HONG KONG AFFAIRS, AS A HONG KONG NEWSPAPER PUT

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ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT COMMUNIQUE, POLITICAL AFFAIRS CONCERNING HONG KONG ARE EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS. USHERING IN ANY THIRD PARTY GOES AGAINST THE SPIRIT AND PRINCIPLES OF THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE.

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS IN PROMOTING THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HONG KONG AFFAIRS ARE ACTUALLY AN INTERFERENCE IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF CHINA AND WILL ULTIMATELY AFFECT THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG. UNQUOTE.

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SEPARATELY, THE CHINESE MEDIA REPORTED THAT A DELEGATION FROM THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HEADED BY ITS PRESIDENT RAYMOND HO CHUNG-TAI, HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY VICE PREMIER YAO YILIN ON 9 DECEMBER. YAO ENCOURAGED SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCLES IN HONG KONG TO ENHANCE EXCHANGES AND EXPAND COOPERATION WITH THE MAINLAND. HE TOLD THE DELEGATION THAT CHINA WOULD RESOLUTELY IMPLEMENT THE JD AND THAT HE HOPED THE BRITISH WOULD DO THE SAME. THE DELEGATION WAS ALSO HOSTED TO A BANQUET BY JI PENGFEI.

CHINESE MEDIA REPORTING ON THE ENDING OF JLG XIV WAS RESTRICTED TO THE COMMUNIQUE.

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