Word: lingnan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to expand their horizons further. So she invites speakers from the provincial capital and even Beijing to give lectures about the world beyond Tuonan township. "Only if we liberate our minds can we liberate the country," says Li. Shi Meirong, 52, who lives in the hill village of Lingnan, would like to believe her, but Shi is still on the very first rung of economic development. "Only when you have money can you be master of your fate," she says. "When you're just struggling to get by, it's hard to have bigger visions...
Edward K.Y. Chen, president of Lingnan College in Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, professed a reserved optimism about the island's future as he delivered an address on "The Hong Kong Economy Under Chinese Sovereignty: The Issues and Non-Issues...