5 v. j- i* {( c; @4 {$ u$ Y * R* U3 K, `8 ` 4 y, O$ v9 h" R: h# ^ 7 o" U% c. E- d" c 最新出版的《时代》周刊，以25页的篇幅探讨回归十年香港的变化，并以“阳光灿烂中见阴霾（Sunshine with Clouds）”为点题。对于《财富》杂志当年惊世的《香港之死》报道，《时代》坦诚认错，承认姊妹杂志完全是“错误地”及“差劣地”作出推测。《时代》解释香港过去十年经历金融风暴、禽流感、SARS、市民为基本法廿三条上街示威等……当世人以为香港贵为福地的气数已尽，香港却一一熬过来。 # S' ]8 W* p# m ' [' y) ?) r! H' A& n: z5 E 离回归十周年尚余三个星期，《时代》指出香港近期的股市屡创新高，物业格价亦稳步上扬，正值阳光灿烂时，不过晴空之中却有阴霾：香港前景仍受许多不明朗因素影响。. G3 x# r, e7 E5 i7 w; g
) Q) ~# {3 k" ]. q' d2 Z# l , B3 j/ t" |3 UJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.7 `% e: ?* b* v2 V3 Y F# X
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On July 1, 1997, as Hong Kong waved goodbye to its colonial rulers on board the HMS Britannia, pessimists predicted the city's expatriate professionals would follow. , c% R u$ X. Z5 G& M$ H 2 }* u1 e" Z1 T+ k
0 d. c, K- X9 }) E. @/ U $ G- v# d8 e. M4 C& U Emigration * A2 P; x4 ?& i, j* u- F! X! B% F6 CJittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. + `; p. q) \( a+ Z# F( Q; ^ % x/ q$ E% ^, s, |/ V% ]: p0 b
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《时代》分析，香港人仍在身份认同及定位上感到迷失。港人对祖国又敬又怕，进而希望争取民主独立，这种心态却令政策陷于胶着状态。保守派与民主派的对立，造成政治麻痹：上至经济下至污染的议题，双方都不愿妥协。& `9 t( m* C% M! D4 e+ W0 F. i
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《时代》称，港人在争取民主方面的想法过于“实际”。有权投票选行政长官的八百名选委，大部分来自商界，他们普遍认为普选特首会引入平民领导人、令香港变成福利社会；另一方面又怕惹怒中央，影响自身利益。 `; |5 _ j7 {0 l5 f8 \ & Z& V& m& x5 h# ~% D2 @* m/ S; f作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
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A 1995 Fortune magazine article famously predicted the "Death of Hong Kong" following the handover, prophesying that PLA soldiers would be a visible, ominous presence on Hong Kong's streets. - ^ x2 h+ }0 `. ?$ L: a6 M7 X5 G. x/ |) F
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Victoria Park. Queen's Pier. Stanley. While many symbols of British rule vanished overnight after the handover — teams of workmen removed the royal seal from post offices, police stations and institutions like the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club — Hong Kong's colonial place names endure. . k7 r! b" W* [& s2 B & ~5 C0 x, ~, S; C" I8 a% K( h. { & I7 s0 g4 q/ d$ U2 W
Milton Friedman, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, predicted that within two years of the handover China would introduce capital controls and replace the territory's currency. Wrong. 8 w1 \5 L$ k7 a 3 x7 L0 v" v+ F& J+ k 9 m, v; v. Y6 q: Y0 ]2 I9 @ G* P2 [2 ?( Q+ C/ k) }With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. 7 |) ?. j3 a: b7 M6 B+ D- L - b# j9 N2 m. r L L% F% Q' w1 J8 V# ]# f1 J1 [
Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. & l7 y9 l" N( [+ f% }2 |5 n5 j" w/ b- ^( m& K! Z" C
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Contrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.
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