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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。; u }0 f# Z- f) a' E. V
; }, p2 ~6 v4 j8 n* u' {# A. m 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。, i9 t* L( g& p
, J% l" ^2 U2 g- D1 b3 Z% S& m ' Q0 Q! B( z! x" T! k6 ~July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. 0 ^+ ]+ Z; {* U, O& c3 { + O }- {+ ?5 n; {; `5 p" j' \( y3 o+ Z6 z0 c: O1 Y 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.1 I( @/ W% `* R: ^% `4 i& r6 f
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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. & |( n, g1 T2 f% k1 W; ], Z & ]! H' i. T; [( H$ K
+ s9 [$ y) k' H: D1 t, l " T. `4 x- v2 M- @6 s8 BEmigration 9 Y6 M/ _, w. d; }( o& N* Y" ^Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. " g9 F' a; \# V* ]$ g. f9 e- N
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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。 2 Q# G" O6 d( K& A 0 d* m+ \, s. v. Y# N" |, T2 n 《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 n" n: c0 K' k / k. E# s9 T( z6 B 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. + Z- R; ~( A+ a, H' j% ?4 F
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! L9 O8 F8 s+ h4 h v N ; L J4 _/ M# GVictoria 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. 8 D5 \4 H" m4 v
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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. ) W+ O" ^. X( m/ [3 J$ H8 h 8 e* v/ K) g# |9 d4 O a8 c# E3 J' i" w0 z R8 }; V& O' E4 R 1 S4 g Y6 m. Y: c3 P4 x3 D
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. & ^0 U2 _5 |" x4 V9 M$ R% |3 ]; C* W' ~3 b: v' ~ 4 \* A3 ~# J1 h) ^- F1 n, N' `Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 0 Z5 D2 Q8 Q3 G' R
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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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