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"en.20021219.3.4-073"2
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Because Hong Kong was once stolen from China and subsequently leased, China was entitled to have it returned. However, this is causing a problem for the many people who now live there. They have a higher standard of living than those around them and make greater demands on their government. They want to contribute critically to government policy, and yet they have simply been transferred from one colonial power to another. The ‘one country, two systems’ arrangement may guarantee the continued existence of capitalism, but it does not guarantee the introduction and development of democracy. It is therefore to be expected that many people will feel unsafe there and will want to leave. They want to go to Europe, the USA or Japan, where they are more likely to find the kind of society they have become used to. On the other hand, the Chinese Government wants to make Hong Kong more like the rest of the country. It may be being allowed to become a rich show-piece, but movements that are banned in China and normal democratic elections in which an opposition can come into power are not permitted. I therefore doubt whether an agreement on the readmission of refugees would really work. The intention that this agreement should become a model for other states in which critical people feel unsafe is even more controversial. That is why I am voting against this."@en1
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