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Article: Hong Kong is feeling economic pressure from Chinese border town.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- March 14, 2001
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SHENZHEN, China _ Anyone searching for clues to Hong Kong's future needs only to look just across the border at the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
This new city represents both opportunities and threats for Hong Kong, forcing the former British colony to reinvent itself in ways few could have imagined when it was returned to China nearly four years ago.
Beijing promised not to meddle in Hong Kong's internal affairs, though opinions are mixed as to how well it has honored that pledge. Most observers see little evidence of overt meddling, but there is growing concern that Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms of speech, assembly and religion could erode under ...