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。. _) g: x. r( ^: y. r
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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。 H8 @$ y1 ?2 [5 F( Q$ b: a& O 8 E5 g% f* T# x/ h* Z5 Y: y 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。 : j4 R: V; w; c0 V8 U" g! y k6 [! D # Y5 N% F0 {! G4 h / n) g7 Y$ K; A1 _$ z1 Q- @July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. - j1 B5 o9 }3 f ! ~+ o8 _$ t7 c& L7 {2 ^3 A& ^/ j* j" m, \; f 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. ) }$ ^) I9 {9 }& ^2 F, ?; ? * }# O+ y! x1 b! G% c2 i : n4 q6 A7 Y: ?3 W * A k# w! G; S& ~7 I8 B3 ?March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. ) d- K) t9 X9 b |7 ~ y8 E
1 w% Z I; x% Y) { 9 Y& {4 v+ M1 l+ }" Y4 G6 d3 Z The Expat Exodus & @2 W2 e2 ~/ ~: BOn 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. 1 r# G, p! R+ g0 K' j8 }7 p
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 1 ]& A* B5 s/ ^4 V" i. a g& O2 E; i" E7 K. i' t: ] , r0 }8 a( I5 W
《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。; ?- n% |. d5 V
9 ]0 W7 h- Z* z2 @; p. P9 d 《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。" s! |. N; O, _- O5 L# 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. $ k B9 |" T, u2 ]" K 9 m- G8 c4 k- G4 H) K' ~ & y3 R4 E3 L/ b7 r* \# w3 d# s; ^$ j1 g: G: @( I7 F* i% v
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. ; ?: x/ O. k! r# P1 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. ; ?5 U/ B- p' X# ^* @ ! x4 @' _* o, q $ r; [4 |6 G% D9 h7 ?, B- f ! o) r* `* Y3 E+ x4 ^ q' U1 mWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. 8 Y7 `1 c' Q4 S, T8 u z + s p) N( t/ ?' z5 [ % H& M3 f9 i4 AHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. $ {' ~7 u* D4 b Q; W$ g
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