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DIFFICULTIES. IT IS NOT EASY TO MAKE THE DECISION TO DECIDE TO MARCH TOWARDS A SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY. MODERN HISTORY IS ONE OF SUFFERING AND TORTURE FOR THE CHINESE AND I DO NOT WANT MY PEOPLE TO REGARD ME AS ONE WHO IS REPEATING THAT KIND OF HISTORY. BOTH SIDES IN THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE FORWARD LOOKING AND THUS SEEK A SOLUTION.
26. EARLIER MR FUKUDA HAD EMPHASISED THAT CHINA WILL BECOME A SUPERPOWER CAT A GENERAL MEETING OF THE INTERACTION COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT). THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS REQUIRED TO BECOME A SUPERPOWER
WILL NOT BE EASY.
27. IT IS ONLY 50 YEARS SINCE THE JAPANESE INVASION OF CHINA BUT DESPITE THAT WE TELL OUR PEOPLE TO DEVELOP FRIENDSHIP WITH JAPANESE PEOPLE. BUT I ALSO TELL OUR JAPANESE FRIENDS THE SAYING THAT IF ONE MAN FALLS IN A PIT, THOSE BEHIND SHOULD LEARN THE LESSON'' IS A FACT THAT THE CHINESE HAVE A DEEP MEMORY OF THE JAPANESE
INVASION.
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28. WE ALSO REMEMBER THE OPIUM WARS, BUT AS FAR AS HONG KONG IS CONCERNED WE WILL TRY TO AVOID REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE UNPLEASANT PAST BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. THIS IS SAID IN FRIENDLINESS.
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29. THE PRESIDENT FINISHED WITH A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND CONCLUDED TALKING CAN SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS''
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