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...Chang is at her weakest when writing about the history of China itself. Her sketch of the country her subjects left behind reads sometimes like an overly romantic travel guide and at others like a nationalistic mainland textbook. On one page, China's borders include Tibet and Xinjiang (which were by no means part of China throughout all 5,000 years); two pages later, without respecifying her geographic boundaries, she writes that "out of the welter of dialects only one written language had emerged." What about Tibetan, Uighur, Mongolian? Chang is particularly hard on the Manchus, the northern-dwelling nomads...
...Hong Kong. Those leaders have to understand that since the July 1 mass march, Hong Kong has fundamentally changed. The protests of recent weeks have shown that a remarkably wide spectrum of Hong Kongers do not see the territory as just an "economic city"?as many officials (both mainland and local) and some tycoons in Hong Kong still insist it is, or should be. There's been a politicization of the hitherto apolitical middle and professional classes. Hong Kongers have signaled clearly that they regard the territory not only as a place to make money and then split for gentler...
...Today's China is more progressive and responsible than ever before, and very much a part of the international community. While the mainland moves inexorably forward, Beijing cannot permit its showcase city to stagnate or fall behind. What Hong Kong needs from China's leaders is understanding, trust and confidence that the territory knows what's right for itself. Only then will "one country, two systems" be truly implemented in Hong Kong...
...been careful not to cede too much authority. Hong Kong threatens to undo that careful balance between listening to what people want and caving in to their demands. Caught flat-footed by the scope of the protests and the discontent in Hong Kong, Beijing has blacked out on the mainland all news in local Chinese-language media of the historic demonstrations as it works out a strategy to deal with the territory's new fervor for democracy. Hong Kong TV stations whose signals are available in neighboring Guangdong province had their news programs censored. Chinese media did report that Tung...
...circle?he's a Cabinet member?and was seen as a possible deputy to Tung back in 1997 when Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty. Though he is not among the territory's super-rich, Leung has made a fortune in real estate. He also has excellent connections with mainland China...