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。 # ~! e/ c" a; ^, e0 \. v ~6 G1 ` 7 O( v7 `2 u; q& x0 ~" F / f @ r: }# q& i' s) Z* |9 D( w, L- t- l0 n: h
% d4 J5 V1 K8 G. t5 ~+ W" W9 p 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。. N/ Y) T* P1 m C3 C' k9 x: A0 ~! G
; S4 A2 t0 k4 [2 V: E6 l8 [& P5 g3 h; _. G8 D, `% Q3 m U, ? July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.. E) [1 q+ J" ], `
+ e. S+ _; P( n: X0 B * t7 ?3 [5 h; _4 E8 S9 LFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.! o- s% `) d1 f
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# Y2 ~4 J& q) Z. v, |( m6 V: T ! z5 C- a+ J, M! r R- cThe Expat Exodus 8 M% }1 n$ A6 I: lOn 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. ) T& t# u* m7 o. }/ ]* E9 T& ? ; L) q$ A9 U( x; | A2 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. 8 R; x/ ?7 G7 x/ ]; h8 L
5 j% D7 o/ ]0 ^4 F8 M/ W/ d$ N 4 d, t% P( c- O3 @3 ^ 《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。 . B8 a: Y* G- g. C- q 8 ?* p% e$ H- {2 ?2 Q0 O4 |! B 《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。 ; H9 ^1 D* w; N! C! X ' C! s+ _' v) U. Y 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. - Z0 X K% I6 B7 D0 p2 Z$ P9 M8 y% Q! [8 _
+ {) n1 O2 x; D8 u2 q6 b 4 f) s- c! m3 nVictoria 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 P9 k3 q7 O" P9 p
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, w4 c9 l$ u8 `# u1 b" m t& v& G( r" SMilton 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. ! U8 p3 g* A. t0 t- V* N1 g- b6 r3 I" f- Y+ u0 ?) A* F- G
a( Z8 s. x0 D2 D # \( K* [9 o& ?; ^( A8 [% ~With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover. I5 x2 n/ F" F- n4 B4 B' {; g8 ~4 W1 z3 c/ M 8 A) Z* Y6 X6 S$ E$ t3 @6 KHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. $ r) u' m; _7 S7 p 1 W5 A2 i7 c; C' L8 e2 Z; b; g4 f" j5 ~9 k $ ]1 p" p, m6 h! k+ yContrary 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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