* Y* o& y' T) z6 U ' h0 j9 |' Y. T5 u( b" ] 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。' ]; t9 _/ V& p# Z) A6 f0 Q
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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。 ! Y( S: b0 p5 |4 ^7 r3 E 0 c4 @( [: h6 a m5 P4 S" } $ }8 R3 h5 i* L6 kJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. - ]; r* P0 \5 J3 A& [ : l8 \. A, A( n* E p, n# l # i- P/ q% N+ ^! w6 RFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. 5 z, A3 k% |9 x0 S" U# a. p/ m1 H1 ]
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5 z! }9 p: B1 Z7 b R" @; \; M 9 {3 I% g4 n6 U p The Expat Exodus % g* }5 \9 O9 I5 R* 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. ; f& Q% L! j# B+ ^ Z9 Z " f$ p% r' u! R # L5 o- r7 ]" Q* q( W( J: j : k2 C. D7 e9 ~- H7 d" vEmigration ( m( {& e: v+ y4 t$ ^
Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. : P) [- l# ^4 e1 Z* v& D1 \ 0 z0 N: O! ^+ o5 z) j% ]+ n * H! k0 c! l, R; p 《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。 ) g8 u# p6 R5 r$ [% u9 A1 l & c f2 d( O3 |; P/ G 《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。 4 J! c/ @3 q; u# K, S1 X" e' g + V7 @7 |& e# }7 A9 ~9 W+ }6 Q! \: y9 g2 z 作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-9 08:41
% s2 v: i' h7 k3 ]' [$ ?6 L" @' ^ The People's Liberation Army + q9 z/ p# S3 S5 j1 gA 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. $ d6 w0 o, {. u: a& U6 H5 K. X. Z; C3 b4 ^& o* ~
5 y. I2 @ W) L N( f+ B0 ?4 P" K 2 a" y9 C+ }6 t4 K- ^# wVictoria 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. + n h3 a. t, N
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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. , ~. q F0 o& v. D) N) ]) @! k; e; ~1 W- H% B3 }0 s1 f7 D) a
# y- H3 N; w3 x : ]" h5 t8 j. v8 e) T3 C; F) wWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.) |3 h6 D9 X1 \
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Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. ) ^% G4 T! T* j7 q2 Z+ P$ a
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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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