* G5 p2 O' n) Z1 X" O" x $ V7 o* j7 v' Z2 F2 H 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。 / q( O) ^% k) x: `9 d3 D ( v: H* p6 F4 u0 L( M! x4 w 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。 4 K g& v+ y# ^6 Z+ c# G+ g+ k$ V5 C # K1 R B1 q* N0 e6 { ' R3 L" ?1 `2 v' x1 @' h bJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.& P( Y1 }% J+ |8 y
G5 W3 p* m5 g6 Z I, | K5 s/ {9 f, @; N, ~. 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.8 L4 C+ k. m3 v2 v3 v: k( z/ A! h5 b
6 K+ L: y" k% D' ]* P4 V, X 8 e, k/ F* g% q' W% y$ o+ ^. d, ~' k March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. % `: ~$ ], C5 U }% R: f * a) |0 R: u E" q! S+ O ; k3 @& T2 U, h6 UThe Expat Exodus 6 c5 H; S {' m% ]! E' |+ L7 t5 sOn 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. # s* C" w( \( u, m d9 {, ]( R! E ; J! n7 K% b$ z" A; @+ q
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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 d) S8 T. U7 A7 ~2 ^, g / Y4 `0 v8 d p& `8 O0 K' Q5 A% _
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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。5 K) B0 V9 v. H% X: X+ f# [
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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。 & ?, `7 y( O- A 5 D4 R+ v0 ]% f* x作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
4 I& @% U0 d1 u0 f jThe People's Liberation Army , W8 w3 \; A' U# ~( j1 o1 MA 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. - Q9 W/ I% H- n2 i
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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. 6 Q5 X) F; U& G W/ \5 `3 H/ D2 F" g% h+ `# k% k$ G6 v5 z
1 ]- G: O4 Z- V8 v8 n $ x, x, s! O4 }. w* y( H2 v/ KWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.; F' c/ a3 i* L+ g. O3 b
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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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