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1、HongKong'sFuture:Sunshine,withCloudsThesedays,10ispracticallythenewteen—asknowing,andasconfused,anage.Youthinkyouunderstandwhoyouare,butyoudon't,notreally.Youwanttobeindependent,butyoustillneedadultsupervision.Youaredevelopingasenseofrighteousness,bu
2、tfinditrunsupagainstapragmaticworldwherecompromiseisanecessity.Tenisaneatnumber,butamessystageinlife.SoitiswithHongKong.AtjustpastmidnightonJuly1,1997,inaglitteringandpoignantceremony,HongKongpassedfrombeingthelastjewelofanoldempiretoacomponentofanew
3、globalpower.HongKongpeopleviewedtheircity'shandoverfromtheU.K.toChinawithmixedfeelings:joyatafreshstart;sadnessatseeingtheBritishgo;prideoverreturningtothemotherland;apprehensionoverthefuture.Today,bymostmeasures,HongKongisingreatshape,butitsoutwarda
4、ppearancemasksacollectiveangst.AstheterritorymarksitsfirstdecadeasaSpecialAdministrativeRegion(SAR)ofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,itfacesaninterlockingsetofexistentialquestionsfromwhichallitsonceandfuturechallengesflow:WhoamI?WhatdoIwanttobe?CanIbeallt
5、hatIwanttobe?WillIbeallowedto?Forbetter,andforworse,HongKong'sfutureistiedtoChina's.Theoneisamongtheworld'sfreestsocieties,wildlyentrepreneurialandfiercelyindependentinspirit.Theotherisastatethat,toitsenormouscredit,hasopenedupalong-closednationtoanu
6、nprecedenteddegree,andliftedmorepeopleoutofpovertyinashortertimethanourplanethaseverwitnessed—butwhichisstillauthoritarianinitsgovernance,somewhatlawless,andwoefullycorrupt.Thoughhugelydifferentinscale,thetwolearnfrom,dependon,influenceandtoanextenti
7、ntimidateeachother.Eachneedstheothertoprosper,yeteachalsoseestheotheraspotentiallyharmful.BeijinghasfrettedaboutitsSARinfectingthemainlandwithannoyingideaslikedemocracy.ThoseinHongKongworryaboutChinarestrictingtheirfreedoms,andbeingacrucibleforpollut
8、ionanddiseasethatcanspreadtotheircity.Thesubtextofthiscomplexrelationshipisanotherhostofvexingquestions.IsHongKongamodelforChina,orathreat?IsHongKongchangingChina,orChinachangingHongKong?ShouldHongKongbecomemoreChineseormoreinternational?"HongKongers