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March 04, 2004

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Another day, another overreaction by Beijing. A couple of democrat politicians decide they want to go to the US Senate and testify to the Foreign Relations Committee. Never one to miss a chance to stick it to China in an election year, this testimony has been upgraded from a sub-committee to the full board. Instead our favourite Vice-Minister for Commerce, An Min, has come out with this:

branding those who ``beg foreign forces for favours'' as ``clowns''.

He made it clear that Hong Kong's affairs should be solved within the ``big family'' of China and warned that Beijing will brook no interference in the policy of ``one country, two systems''.

Not to miss out the rest of the gang joined in.
Many mainland officials and pro-Beijing politicians were also quick to join in the attack, with Lee Choi-jat, a Standing Committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), describing those who urge foreign forces to interfere in the internal affairs of Hong Kong as ``traitors''.
The reality is while most Hong Kongers would like democracy, it is not the pressing issue of current times. People are more worried about the economy (which seems to be improving) and incompetent government (which seems to be getting worse). If Beijing wanted to really get on top of things in HK, they'd be well advised to help Tung Che-Waa retire and install someone who has a clue.

For those looking for a summary of this issue here's a few of my previous posts on the topic...
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 posted by Simon on 03.04.04 at 08:24 AM in the




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