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At this point my official dealings with Peking

drew to an end. Though I did know it at the time, we were

also coming

coming to the end of a chapter in

Sino-British

relations, of which the governing principle had been the

need for steady cooperation over Hong Kong. We were about

to move into a new phase, where new personalities and

tactics, aided by the strains of accommodation,

impatience with Chinese

intransigence

the

and a greater

assertiveness on the part of Hong Kong, were all to erupt in

a

policy of effective,

confrontation.

if not

altogether

intended,

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