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were as contemptuously rude as ever. They showered us with banquets at which, for the sake of Sino-British relations, I ate quantities of peacock, snake, dog and cockerel's
testicles.
General
Wow!
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Last year there were 46 million border crossings by land and sea, compared with 40 million in 1991. By the end of the year there were an average of over 19, 200 vehicle crossings a day, compared with 15,800 at the end of 1991. Our border with Guangdong is now the busiest in the world. Lo Wu is the
single busiest crossing point in the world (an average of 100,000 passengers a day in November).
Police and Customs,
We discussed two main police/customs issues: smuggling
and cross-border crime.
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Smuggling
We agreed that further coordinated operations against smuggling will take place (two are in the advanced planning
stage). Guangdong reconfirmed their policy of handing back stolen cars, but with no great enthusiasm. The Deputy Director
of the provincial Public Security Bureau claimed at one point that they were no longer finding right-hand drive cars among
the stolen vehicles they seized. We saw two PSB Lexus during
our stay!
Guangdong reconfirmed their policy of not seeking to exercise jurisdiction in Hong Kong waters and said that the
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