美国权威杂志《财富》（《Fortune》）于1995年一度预言，回归将令香港死亡。但回归十年后，最新出版的《时代》周刊，终在十三年后为此言论来了个迟来的大平反，不仅承认其姊妹杂志《财富》当年报道错误，更直认香港比从前更有活力。! W. l$ v; w0 E) c9 Q0 C5 m9 v
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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) n5 C1 t2 ~1 f+ a
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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。 ' e4 K+ i: w0 m) a G $ R/ I. I' h3 p& W- M$ f & I+ R2 [4 k( ~1 SJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. 7 R8 J# p! H9 z. h% r0 i + h/ E% m3 Y P& o8 c" y9 z6 D" v- c0 n. r2 ~2 J Feb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.& }2 ?8 c% T$ a5 h& t" i2 M
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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. 8 d4 C% e! C7 d+ ?- W9 K5 H, J3 E3 R 7 z; M- K+ j1 |; q$ g
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. ! {. d8 A4 S7 R/ Y) i4 \
5 \2 J( |$ u" k* w6 l% b s! G" N- m- Q* S$ q( t 《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。 ; U5 p0 n5 G) [$ Q6 Y; F, K7 X / b T. h: K( r+ v: [ 《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。" H3 p: }( y9 j4 {2 k
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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. " h6 X6 _, q, v& ?" b. t9 W5 ^' X* i& s
: b; D' E. q; i1 p% R5 _ 7 U f! X9 M7 v7 [0 QVictoria 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. 1 f7 Q1 ^% V9 S
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With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. 6 K$ p( f* y, f% W. T; n- }. \ $ z5 w/ T( z+ L! B / L% w# j* U, W5 ^: GHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. . H- L& x* u( O# b, x6 w , T5 p6 r( ^2 X' d" b" S * Z/ r: y& i1 v: S! g1 ~9 Y6 x9 l: z ; H7 _) x d0 w2 i6 ^* o& _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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