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...test of Lee's China policy will be his handling of trade and travel ties to Hong Kong as the British colony prepares to revert to mainland rule in 1997. According to an agreement signed by Britain and China in 1984, Hong Kong will be allowed to retain its capitalist system for 50 years, as well as a large measure of local control. Many Taiwanese will be watching Hong Kong's < experience for guidance on how to handle their future relations with the mainland. While a Taiwanese reunification even as tenuous as Hong Kong's is by no means inevitable...
...should emphasize that it's a fine sauce, with a touch of burn and two touches of subtelty. If it were an orchestra, though, I'd tell this sauce to add some drums and trumpets. I imagine ginger and garlic as the culinary instruments. I would try to retain the expert, greaseless stir-frying...
...should emphasize that it's a fine sauce, with a touch of burn and two touches of subtelty. If it were an orchestra, though, I'd tell this sauce to add some drums and trumpets. I imagine ginger and garlic as the culinary instruments. I would try to retain the expert, greaseless stir-frying...
...Haitian revolutionary leader to fight French colonists. But most Haitians understood the history lesson to be a warning that Namphy's junta would keep attempting to ensure its own survival. Said a Haitian businessman: "No one doubts now that the military is prepared to go to any extreme to retain power...
...ears, I wore pearl earings; some habits are hard to break. I thought it would be different; in fact, I hoped it would be different. The culture of the holiday classic seemed somehow associated with graham crackers, Chutes and Ladders, and the trappings of childhood you don't retain. The little girl who had seen her first performance of The Nutcracker had been left behind in a flurry of cynicism and years. As I entered the Wang Center, I thought to myself how sexist the once-favorite fairy tale would seem, how archaic, how stupid...