# V# a# a) W0 j1 r9 Q , B; q$ ]" F% f9 w+ q3 r `. u : i3 @8 F7 R! [) \. I 0 J: Y6 B1 k9 a' N 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。" s: i6 w. C1 |$ \7 }% z
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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。 - S2 R9 c2 T6 [+ { m ! C' D9 b9 e8 ]. q6 L% y # D3 M+ [1 B; g- j9 Z" l July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. ( v6 \: f, C. ]3 v, U" F# B5 K k8 v6 P/ m - t* P. L$ |0 D) a. JFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.( b$ t1 l- X7 e5 D# \5 w' C
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; _! j2 j5 k w+ K% f+ B ?* F: Q2 c( q March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. : c; o* y9 M+ U3 {: G' o' }- s g3 e6 C
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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. / |9 w4 ]$ z- O \
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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. f2 l6 D1 L. X! w. `# g- v ) b. _/ G/ W% _: C+ P f0 | $ {' I0 n9 `% x0 K7 s
《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。( T# r4 ^5 w3 ]2 X! l$ C
9 E `& r& J9 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。 / B* a% Z: T- i" _ : v( D/ b% H1 ]2 T 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. & W+ A; s) g- s' F! @- Q
: }7 Z; U* J# q " s! B7 S! i" P4 E 5 n" Z& a7 ~% q1 f' F tVictoria 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. 6 B9 i+ y& ^1 Y6 c, }; y
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3 `9 _+ M0 M7 U, O8 n: _2 X 5 h j8 T8 I, y7 L' CMilton 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. % a& s: R* a; k& _# a M' \! y' N# {+ S) R$ p$ m n( b# i9 Q0 x, z8 a- l
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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. ; A* t1 Y% @- i0 e . I1 W+ f- b; C& p1 }8 C 4 v c( n, F) ^" M1 I 5 \& V. u$ S6 D. i5 ^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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