[国际新闻] 《时代》25页篇幅认错:回归没令香港死亡

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。
- m/ Q, r1 w& k! ?; \" @( w  ?人在德国 社区 ! p% q& Q, g0 |" V9 t

3 P( O0 ^" `  X0 ]( k& r5 r" j2 g- E& q) z8 {1 a

: w" _* C( w. u0 V. F; O# C  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。rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ s6 ~  G. G3 Y* J+ x* {+ F
9 }# s+ l4 v' X0 v( C$ [2 A1 ?3 {
  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。
" F6 [% Q/ y) M# @% t 3 j; v0 d) @  ~2 a- P3 c4 j4 s) [' I
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 ]! t; n. b+ T, b5 P0 {
July 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.人在德国 社区; p6 L# d. W4 z* p. l3 y# e) z
rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  T4 `" u1 Y8 j# x2 E8 a

* ]. R2 o5 R2 L6 s; ~% |Feb. 19, 2002: Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, appointed by Beijing in 1997 to serve as Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader, is reelected.人在德国 社区# s- t; I& z6 b. l: c  I

/ ]4 o. j/ p2 P* N. \) L: \  X' \9 j& L0 k+ a
人在德国 社区" M8 U3 W' {0 A1 |+ M$ R/ w9 @
March 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health.
$ N% a7 Q1 b# f2 G% a4 u$ S+ jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.ders238848.rs.hosteurope.de; L( d- r) Y2 r) }6 e: q

0 O; R+ m$ _& T/ u; W; [, F! A2 v6 mThe Expat Exodus 人在德国 社区! A) [, o# T" h: ~7 M
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.
; b1 m5 e' C) i人在德国 社区 % k$ V, O3 s8 B7 ^% u6 W$ m
人在德国 社区' `9 O8 U2 d* v1 o! ~" p

) \& N( x" l" I+ N- Q& X5 |& }8 fEmigration
4 P) A; ~  d% h+ v5 GJittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de7 W9 x' ~5 V3 [2 G
人在德国 社区  z! s- w' C" Y  I* c2 u2 [5 U" Y

& u) w/ p1 |8 I( u  《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 k8 d) U' g/ u) H 人在德国 社区/ D. I9 j& O0 N, L# c3 w) \- D
  《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.de2 e* Q9 n% y, Y
# c  v( q* Y4 P, [8 n/ T" w) w* j
Share |
Share


  M, K" d% ?& tThe People's Liberation Army
8 Z- u- n3 w; _人在德国 社区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.
: B1 ], i; M7 n% G  ?! c: D
. y5 V( {, D  v; Z
+ z: x! J' s9 Q* k0 }3 _人在德国 社区人在德国 社区/ O5 j2 C- S& s0 W7 N
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. % t/ D" u' {: z) i3 m

% c& j, A1 k" n2 X, Y% E! W# `& G  f& x
% B# h$ i1 I3 ?7 |+ U$ ?/ F! v* S
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.
. V& r' i: l0 o
: S- Q6 e0 {% g+ x+ X/ B3 Q
! F% h  v5 N) @7 E$ v- t* C( S; N( z/ j( A/ ]
With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.2 F1 z2 N) p: @1 o9 N  H' U

5 u' h- s6 d. A8 O" u! |rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de4 c! |  K$ Q5 J, E( a/ J
Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions.
. c  Q  w: h; L- n人在德国 社区, B4 `! n7 B, Q) ]( X6 Y5 s5 T

, l' F4 n1 R! `( i4 ^4 l( O+ F
/ J- h: D0 ^! K+ \/ y9 h% D6 w4 uContrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.

TOP