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1、HongKong'sFuture:Sunshine,withCloudsThesedays,10ispracticallythenewteen—asknowing,andasconfused,anage.Youthinkyouunderstandwhoyouare,butyoudon't,notreally.Youwanttobeindependent,butyoustillneedadultsupervision.Youaredevelopingasenseofrighteousness,butfinditrun
2、supagainstapragmaticworldwherecompromiseisanecessity.Tenisaneatnumber,butamessystageinlife.SoitiswithHongKong.AtjustpastmidnightonJuly1,1997,inaglitteringandpoignantceremony,HongKongpassedfrombeingthelastjewelofanoldempiretoacomponentofanewglobalpower.HongKong
3、peopleviewedtheircity'shandoverfromtheU.K.toChinawithmixedfeelings:joyatafreshstart;sadnessatseeingtheBritishgo;prideoverreturningtothemotherland;apprehensionoverthefuture.Today,bymostmeasures,HongKongisingreatshape,butitsoutwardappearancemasksacollectiveangst
4、.AstheterritorymarksitsfirstdecadeasaSpecialAdministrativeRegion(SAR)ofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,itfacesaninterlockingsetofexistentialquestionsfromwhichallitsonceandfuturechallengesflow:WhoamI?WhatdoIwanttobe?CanIbeallthatIwanttobe?WillIbeallowedto?Forbetter,
5、andforworse,HongKong'sfutureistiedtoChina's.Theoneisamongtheworld'sfreestsocieties,wildlyentrepreneurialandfiercelyindependentinspirit.Theotherisastatethat,toitsenormouscredit,hasopenedupalong-closednationtoanunprecedenteddegree,andliftedmorepeopleoutofpoverty
6、inashortertimethanourplanethaseverwitnessed—butwhichisstillauthoritarianinitsgovernance,somewhatlawless,andwoefullycorrupt.Thoughhugelydifferentinscale,thetwolearnfrom,dependon,influenceandtoanextentintimidateeachother.Eachneedstheothertoprosper,yeteachalsosee
7、stheotheraspotentiallyharmful.BeijinghasfrettedaboutitsSARinfectingthemainlandwithannoyingideaslikedemocracy.ThoseinHongKongworryaboutChinarestrictingtheirfreedoms,andbeingacrucibleforpollutionanddiseasethatcanspreadtotheircity.Thesubtextofthiscomplexrelations
8、hipisanotherhostofvexingquestions.IsHongKongamodelforChina,orathreat?IsHongKongchangingChina,orChinachangingHongKong?ShouldHongKongbecomemoreChineseormoreinternational?"HongKongers