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+ X a8 k3 O8 c: v
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/ O7 {8 r2 @9 I+ w 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。 j W( J. X: r2 c" C. d$ d$ z7 C
. [) A: L$ ]) V) x3 `" G 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。 8 ]) |# V, ~5 ~- J0 O% q 4 _, V( q6 A( g, B , A% i, _! J7 i# f2 V* M! ~July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. ! D6 s9 e" @5 ]7 k. f0 z; A( K1 r0 l& i % Q' u9 X. Z1 L! z7 A+ Z8 e 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, }7 s: n$ V: m" g* I4 P! J+ h4 L* @3 K- i. U, y
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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. 0 H( j F3 |9 X1 A/ l
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. + k/ @- j, ^, l: E" {7 c8 n- t1 Q & {5 ]# r7 x$ G7 H. l, f / C1 {0 j4 ^) b3 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。: V" [2 r1 l# P# U: _# S
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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。8 R- g3 T7 s2 y
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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. N2 s' \ Z6 u3 u 4 W' n9 G- ?( v8 }3 V* p) r4 K A& t$ n& u9 Z 7 T; B- V `* O8 r: B+ Z
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. ) |$ |: G( ^" A) M6 F( |& J8 N, e6 p v1 P" H6 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. G* `% w$ N! {3 g/ W 7 Q- ?6 Q3 _5 X! l; w4 q5 f1 { ; v# G J- z! a& v3 ?& S5 ~4 n5 p$ Y$ N6 j4 f
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. & H& U" Z' K3 j; e! H6 \ e# [ 1 L; C9 H% P5 B. t3 O5 s& `3 @ ) p# Q: ]/ u% T5 C/ JHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. ( b( Z1 j; o C! M- [4 k) @( F. Q* i! t$ m
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