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...Beijing prefers a peaceful reunification, said Li, the man generally credited with sending tanks against democracy demonstrators in 1989, "but we have not forsworn the use of force." Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian even suggested a timetable of sorts, saying that after China reclaims Hong Kong in 1997 and Macau in 1999, then Taiwan will be "high on the agenda of the Chinese people...
Chinese legislators, making good on threats, voted to disband Hong Kong's legislature and other elected institutions when the colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. Meanwhile, Macau -- a Portuguese colony due to revert to Chinese control in 1999 -- may be in trouble. Officials there accidentally gave reporters a Governor's-eyes-only report describing Chinese Premier Li Peng's "incompetence and bad reputation." China registered "astonishment...
Oxfam will also help build shelters on Macau Island, adjacent to Hong Kong, and supply medical assistance to Hong Kong and to Cambodians on the Thai border...