[国际新闻] 《时代》25页篇幅认错：回归没令香港死亡

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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。
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7 \$ q/ q% h/ I6 Z3 l人在德国 社区　　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。人在德国 社区' o/ S" U/ T+ y5 w) D

& q# E8 b9 s/ h6 n  _, Frs238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　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。
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8 |+ Q! c, S9 YJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.
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$ h9 L+ u1 K9 d( Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.deFeb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de1 i% m6 C% B. d5 k8 a/ M9 S0 B

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March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. 7 `( p+ k9 A0 s- _
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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. : ?$ E6 e# i; c* V

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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover.
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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。. x! w* x5 T# v% g/ V0 f: i

, r! O$ S: }3 R& |7 `* M* U1 B4 R, [rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　《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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ f* z0 p9 v) h3 }+ Y

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, U5 k, H- q# F( e  X) Q+ R. V( S  Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deA 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. * }5 R8 t( R+ o# F! Q2 T

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" A3 ?2 J9 Y) Q3 U# _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.
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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.
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3 `: b, i1 V2 M% f, \; f3 d( |- }With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.
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+ r. x  z# y6 dHong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. 5 E- |6 m9 p/ D# K/ A

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$ M$ ?6 J! ^  I# Grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deContrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.