Article: Party at Genting with Grasshopper

Article: Hong Kong's success important to U.S., Consul General
Xinhua News Agency;  November 19, 2008 ;     623 words ...Hong Kong's success important to U.S., Consul General HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The newly-appointed U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Joseph Donovan said here Wednesday that the U. S. value its ties with Hong Kong as Hong Kong's success is important...

Article: Is Hong Kong ripe for a bit of central planning? (Chinese rule)
The Economist (US);  April 12, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG SURVEYS of economic freedom around the world regularly put Hong Kong at the top of the league. Free-marketeers drool...is often deemed to have contributed mightily to Hong Kong's prosperity. And when it comes to economics few...

Article: What Will Happen to Hong Kong?
Journal of Private Enterprise;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Hong Kong has long been recognized as a prime example...to 82 percent.2 Such agility has helped Hong Kong rapidly transition its metropolitan economy...two systems," the longer-run effects on Hong Kong are unknown. Manufacturing jobs have been...

Article: Chinese Shadows : Calls to control the press are just the latest signs of Hong Kong's fading autonomy.
Newsweek International;  September 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Hong Kong radio producer Chan Yiu-wah was anxiously...found it. As Britain prepared to hand over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Chan worried about just...political cartoonists to appear on Letter From Hong Kong. He had heard not a peep of protest from...

Article: Hong Kong's potential democratic influence worries Chinese leaders.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG _ With the Union Jack relegated to souvenir shops and Hong Kong's new leaders referring to China's Jiang Zemin as...president,'' people here are waking up to the fact that Hong Kong will never be the same. But neither will China. In...

Article: Hong Kong's Transition Over Past Five Years Positive: U.S. Consul-
Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ...General HONG KONG, June 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Michael Klosson Thursday said the unfolding story of Hong Kong's transition over the past five years has been positive with the successful implementation of "One Country, Two...

Article: Hong Kong has adaptability to keep prospering
China Daily;  June 8, 2002 ;     634 words ...HONG KONG: US Consul-General in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Michael Klosson on Thursday said the unfolding story of Hong Kong's transition over the past five years has been positive with...

Article: Hong Kong rebuilding world city image
Xinhua News Agency;  May 26, 2003 ;     602 words ...Hong Kong rebuilding world city image HONG KONG, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong has been making detailed plans for launching the 1-billion-HK-dollar (128 Million US dollars) campaign for rebuilding its image as the world center of major international...

Article: Hope, fear mix on Hong Kong's future: Residents see bumpy ride in transition.(World)(Briefing/Pacific Rim)
The Washington Times;  June 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG - A year before this next-to-last vestige...Asia passes from British to Chinese rule, Hong Kong Chinese who have chosen to remain are...will leave time bombs behind them, and Hong Kong people trust neither the British nor the...

Article: 1997 Represents a New Era for Hong Kong: Henry Cheng
Xinhua English Newswire;  June 23, 1996 ;     468 words ...Hong Kong's success results from the contributions of millions of Hong Kong people working hard and working together, and 1997 represents a new era for Hong Kong, said Henry Cheng Kar-shun, chairman of Advisory Council of the Better Hong Kong Foundation...

Article: All eyes on China. (reunification with Hong Kong)
The Economist (US);  June 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG'S return to China is surely the last word...what all the fuss was about. By July 3rd Hong Kong will be back at work, after an unusually...cardboard boxes for a pittance. For many of Hong Kong's people life will go on much as before...

Article: Masses protest planned Hong Kong anti-subversion law
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 2, 2003 ;     680 words ...HONG KONG -- Hundreds of thousands of angry and worried Hong Kong residents marched peacefully Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, to protest an anti-subversion law they fear will undermine freedoms of speech, press and...

Article: Hong Kong Worries if Free Business Will Survive Chinese Control.(Originated from Detroit Free Press)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG--Jan. 9--In June 1993, the official Chinese...approximately 400-square-mile territory of Hong Kong on China's southern coast. Big changes are coming July 1 when Britain returns Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty after more than 150...

Article: Chinese keep hands off Hong Kong protesters despite new law against demonstrations.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...HONG KONG _ China spread tremendous star-bursts...granite in the far western reaches of Hong Kong Island. The glorious display of pyrotechnics...previous evening. It was meant to be. Hong Kong's first day under Chinese rule dawned...