05-JAN-1993
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Q.
What
Translation
Transcript of
Lu Ping's Interview
with HKTVB
broadcast on 3.1.93
would expression
you use to describe current
Sino-British relations?
A.
I
would
describe the relations as unwell. Since the
signing of the Joint Declaration, the bilateral relations had been good. There'd been some ups and
downs, but solutions were found after negotiations.
this
Starting
arrival of Με
be a low ebb
standpoint,
we
(1992), year
the especially after Patten in Hong Kong, there appeared to
in Sino-British
still
From our relations.
wish that in the four remaining
years, there could be a co-operative spirit between the two countries to make way for a smooth
transition.
British side has
Unfortunately the
adopted an unco-operative attitude. It doesn't want
convergence.
This is why the relationship has been
tense.
Q.
A.
You've said that the current situation is tense.
People have described the relations as at the worst since the Cultural Revolution. Do you agree?
It's difficult to compare. But generally speaking, it is at a low ebb. We wish bilateral relations could
improve soon.
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