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BO FATAL AS THEY HAD INSUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING THAT FNOMOUS
ASSET THAI HKONG WAS FOR CHINA DEPENDED ON BUSINESS/GOVERNMENT
ACTIVITIES FIRMLY GROUNDED IN UNUSUAL DFGREF OF FREELOM ANI
AUTONOMY.
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9.ALL ONE CLD DO IN CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES WAS KEEP DOING WHAT HAD
TO BE CONF AND PRESSING FEIJING - BUT NOT SABPF RATTLING ON THE
SPECIAL NATURE OF HRONG AND WHAT WAS GOOD FOR IT, SPECIFICALLY
ABSOLUTE REQUIPEMENT FOR MINIMUM PRO INTERVENTION IN HKONG'S
AFFAIRS AS TERRITORY FVOLVES IN COMING YEARS. CHINA HAD RECOGNIZED
THIS ALREADY IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND BASIC LAW BUT WAS
BACKING AWAY IN PRACTICE.A YOUNGER PRC LEADERSHIP REFLECTING
GLOBAL FOFCFS OF MODERNIZATION WLD TAKE HOLD AND PECOGNIZE NON-
INTERFERENCE WAS ONLY SOLUTION, BUT PROBLEM FOR HKONG WAS WHEN AND
HOW THIS REALIZATION WLD DAWN.
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