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YRTELNO 1541: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMENTS BY LU PING

1. WE HAVE CHECKED THE WEN WEI PO ARTICLE (RELEVANT EXTRACT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION BEING FAXED TO RICKETTS, HKD). IT SEEMS TO US

THAT THE TRANSLATION IN THE TIMES IS NOT ACCURATE.

2. THE CHINESE TEXT, AS PUBLISHED IN WEN WEI PO, REFERS TO 'XIAN LI HOU BING'. 'LI' MEANS 'REASON'. THE LITERAL MEANING OF 'BING'

ARE SOLDIER' AND 'FORCE'. HOWEVER, WHEN INTERPRETED IN THE CONTEXT OF LU PING'S SPEECH, 'BING' IS A FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTION AND SHOULD MEAN CONFRONTATION'. THE REMARKS ARE THEREFORE

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