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THE CHINESE SIDE WANTED CO-OPERATION AND NOT CONFRONTATION. WAS THE BRITISH SIDE WHO DESTROYED THE BASIS FOR CO-OPERATION. MR QIN STRESSED MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE WOULD NEVER BE TRADED BY CHINA. ANOTHER VICE DIRECTOR ULANMULAN SAID THE CHINESE SIDE'S STANCE WAS VERY CLEAR. TALKS HAD TO BE ON THE BASIS OF THE ''THREE COMPLIANCES'' AND WHETHER TALKS COULD BE RESUMED DEPENDED ON WHETHER THE BRITISH WERE SINCERE.

14. VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CPPCC YE XUANPING CRITICISED (16.3) THE GOVERNOR FOR BREAKING PROMISES AND DAMAGING THE FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING PROSPERITY AND STABILITY IN HK. HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR CHEN ZIYING ACCUSED THE GOVERNOR OF OBSTRUCTING TALKS. GUANGDONG'S GOVERNOR ZHU SENLIN SAID THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL PROPOSALS HAD CAST A SHADOW OVER HK'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY. DENG XIAOPING'S DAUGHTER DENG RONG SAID MR DENG WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HK. MS DENG CLAIMED THE PRESENT CONFUSION IN HK WAS CAUSED BY THE GOVERNOR.

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