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Article: Hong Kong's potential democratic influence worries Chinese leaders.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 5, 1997
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HONG KONG _ With the Union Jack relegated to souvenir shops and Hong Kong's new leaders referring to China's Jiang Zemin as ``our president,'' people here are waking up to the fact that Hong Kong will never be the same.
But neither will China.
In the years leading up to the return of Hong Kong to China on Tuesday, the emphasis has been on preserving Hong Kong's economic and political way of life, ensuring that China keeps the ``one country, two systems'' promise made by the late leader Deng Xiaoping.
But now that Hong Kong has been absorbed into China's borders, the unfolding story may well be more about Hong Kong's influence on the ...