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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。 ' \4 p9 [% e1 y# b+ Y% v- k! Z 1 U/ C5 q! d3 m5 i& ?) k
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。9 z7 S4 q# @. e
5 N) G% z/ H1 Z$ x4 U5 e* ?5 ~% `8 H0 w" Y/ t: L9 Y) o% I3 ?/ @" E July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.! u% K" Y8 Y, k2 k
8 X' C7 V/ r# p* [3 i, G ! @- I' C* T9 D/ |+ q 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. ; V. \1 D6 `+ d8 }, @/ d: r8 c0 h! H' x
9 m/ C" L3 J A* x5 X) k 4 P; B) L$ o9 fMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. # Z9 G8 y) f4 f $ ~* X5 t3 O& P! c . N( q9 N" b1 kThe Expat Exodus % W! v! A, w( t& X$ T, U2 _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 h) L4 `: A3 \1 L . e5 S" Z1 i& L) ]; |/ B$ f
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. ) V. X, H& G0 r8 }
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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。: L: Z& b6 e- B7 O
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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。$ p8 w) H6 Y V" ]2 R' X
% W/ f% {% p+ C" R$ U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. - J% s5 y+ N" B$ R
0 d! O! M. Z1 b* [( z( p+ U ' K+ ]0 |6 R+ U- O& x ' |$ ~4 V8 G; I! G, }5 J3 u) yVictoria 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 D# s) K% j3 X
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7 m3 W0 z0 k" r& M4 I 4 O3 N- `) P. [ P% pMilton 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 |4 Q- B% O; C6 }$ s; W
2 L& n) p/ g" b5 B; i) T 5 x8 f& x4 I J1 }: v ; t3 |5 r) J% L/ \" S E* I4 gWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. ' S9 V% H" N u4 p/ ~4 p: [ ) A( H2 { Q4 _! H2 F6 g! B4 }: S+ V- X5 o3 k( I! h, f
Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 5 R5 E" r+ F5 a0 e* o9 ]5 i9 I
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% {) A2 U" c! _ : f6 P7 q$ ~! I! e2 Q* [# U4 K/ JContrary 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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