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Officially, the physician's red thread has been given to Tung Chee-hwa, a Hong Kong multimillionaire who lived for nine years in the U.S. and was handpicked by the communist bosses in Beijing to carry out their promise of a "high degree of autonomy" for the capitalist enclave. Looking over his shoulder, however, is an ardent spokesman for those who insist that Hong Kong can rule itself. Martin Lee stakes his claim to leadership on the voter's mandate to make Beijing live up to democratic...
...Tung Chee-hwa vs. Martin Lee. As Hong Kong moves into an uncharted future under Chinese rule, all eyes will be on these two men with clashing visions, each seeking to shape the destiny of the dynamic territory and, by extension, the new China emerging on the international stage. Tung, an unassuming tycoon who is widely known to Westerners as C.H., has the credentials to reassure both investors and Beijing that the transition will be smooth and that Hong Kong will continue to prosper. Lee, the well-born and high-powered barrister, is speaking for those who fear China will...
...expected highlight of the Beijing leg of their trip will be a meeting with Tung Chee Hwa, who will assume Hong Kong's highest administrative post from current Governor Chris Patten...
Hillerman's latest novel in his Navaho mystery series, The Fallen Man, features both of his Navaho police detectives, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. The Fallen Man is set on and about the 1,700 foot high Shiprock, a spiritual site for the Navaho in northern New Mexico...
...think my complaints are valid since they are mostly about long waits," Chee says...