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Article: All eyes on China. (reunification with Hong Kong)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1997
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HONG KONG'S return to China is surely the last word in media frenzy, with a stunning natural backdrop, a story of the end of one empire and the rise of another, and with telegenic protests by lovers of freedom in the face of Chinese might. Still, some of the thousands of journalists who have come to record events might, if they were honest, be wondering by the end of the week what all the fuss was about.
By July 3rd Hong Kong will be back at work, after an unusually long weekend. The Star Ferry will be chugging across what will again be a manic harbour, jackhammers will be beating out the rhythm of money being made, and frail old women will be back on the streets ...