8 G. R% G5 e2 X! a/ P& [- U) T; J 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。0 \8 ~7 t+ \+ D( d- I$ [0 Y
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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。 * F4 l% X5 _8 v 3 M5 c- q/ y \ % Q1 }% @% y* t; {% @4 X g" U July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.5 v' {! c6 \: J2 d8 W# x) K7 {
% e [1 m" @% S, x5 i " F6 F3 i0 Q) M" _/ VFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected. 0 b, y3 ]0 G% S* j: V, M' v) O) L* s; R* N
; u' [7 b$ \: M. r. x1 G) a ) m. a# d# `1 y' ?2 j; F9 ]March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. 4 X0 F" t3 r1 K1 k/ n+ _$ ^- b' s+ n: m
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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 G" R: _: a7 _- i5 r) A, a8 @* [# H % g4 ^3 Q( e: D; j4 l" e9 ? $ y1 v2 w8 H* A' O- |: l1 S. }; T, s Emigration ' i, U1 O+ q5 L5 G
Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 8 g0 u5 V( X* d1 ^
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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。 * U9 ?- A5 z" B4 h & p- B) X; ]2 ]5 s 《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。1 p4 @9 M6 K" W' o8 M7 ^2 b
9 S! k2 n* M0 I: h0 K5 c 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% O; `# }8 d, m) X. L% h
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" F* A# [5 ~1 F1 K2 C 7 p, x G1 A3 _' VVictoria 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. 0 {. U. Q w( `9 a3 B" S' H
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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. 2 |+ u* u$ N. s% f6 ~( X, l" B2 J
5 c) O1 s2 w' |: K$ p8 ~& @% y9 y+ R8 o G. F% j- R 0 [. R3 W* q0 t+ iWith its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.5 Z5 B$ l# i- D6 t5 y- V! n# G
2 q7 J, n: L9 B 5 h) O3 m" F r1 X8 NHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 1 W4 ^+ @: \& f* A. d, c' A4 s3 E
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7 K# r# n( R3 m , e& x( [ }0 I$ U" W+ f4 s$ bContrary 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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