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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。5 m; j6 j( B: d3 u+ G1 \
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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。! a" l/ H1 Y0 ~+ b7 }- R
1 i1 P. x6 i h, w6 X7 z- | d# K% h( m( N |# Q' ]2 ^ July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.( k: D3 y2 t3 B
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! _" m% K, R+ b; Z# i / }; R5 L8 f& X" ~; vMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. - C- Q+ w& W, h" E/ s: q |8 d 5 s$ M3 ]5 p! r: t& m* n2 Y. J) } The Expat Exodus 9 L' f9 ^( ]! I$ r: 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. , r. {. s+ a" M. ?- O) L- y
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. 9 C' x" h9 {1 C5 E / x4 ?- z+ i/ s1 G0 B
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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。0 y2 l! S1 B b6 r) M$ d
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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。; a# o' [3 C* w+ Z6 d
) s5 k- W% j0 W The People's Liberation Army 2 ^9 [. u; B7 g" J/ c0 eA 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. % F; C) g" A* a8 _9 i
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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. * c3 x* c) M F' t0 }$ Y0 _' k ! U$ C) e$ I, v$ o z . M, N1 G2 S2 Z * D4 W" N+ x# ?9 Z+ wMilton 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. / I8 @2 T3 g" `- Y* Q& {0 ^, d( d. N! F& `3 E" e( i
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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./ T. @) r0 Q2 a
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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. 4 v, u7 d7 o7 z* W& a/ o6 j& t2 k0 a
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