- c; l5 y+ @; E5 L 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。' M# {! k% c7 v0 b* [7 e6 @
" s7 P: T8 h6 o; a o% ^; Y% Z9 r 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。 K. J% K% T1 w1 `- l6 w7 y) _
0 [% p) t" z( I8 g2 j9 g 5 O0 @4 _5 `" S( J July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.1 `: | H! `% n
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|' C6 Q" h# g, I8 h% ~ ) _0 w q0 J5 D. aThe Expat Exodus 1 p, ]4 f9 Q7 |. |+ OOn 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. / o O4 [, _7 V W" S/ d
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. A' Y5 |& R) x7 e& K: Z 1 T5 N/ m5 B1 w 4 K% u% c4 Q! J% y* 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。7 b2 z# k. O" Z; g
2 \0 B. B) b- e% k- B& L The People's Liberation Army ( h- L* r* _4 `) J- G- |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. 6 S9 I# L7 X* O4 i/ d% S
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% H- U# T8 T' u; f5 L: x0 |3 ?/ ]3 K % K( v, v; X* V O! A: S' i, DVictoria 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. 3 e" G# L+ q# ], t2 [ z8 a
U2 G1 J4 _, A9 k3 R# } 9 k3 T2 ?4 c, a5 U0 l ( O }, p% r& a7 i' [' a9 @- G9 gMilton 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. " M+ A; P4 `1 k
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With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. 7 O) b+ P$ ?8 a! \) L 0 c9 f$ ^0 s7 i3 W( [% j3 ]/ {0 a+ i- O& |
Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. , ?: o0 F5 L7 ~6 J
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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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