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- <text id=91TT1541>
- <title>
- July 15, 1991: World Notes:Hong Kong
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 15, 1991 Misleading Labels
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 45
- World Notes
- HONG KONG
- Who Runs the Colony Now?
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Hong Kong's proposed new $16 billion airport is more than a
- spectacular engineering project. Unveiled in 1989, the plan soon
- turned into a test of wills between London and Beijing. Since
- Britain had not previously consulted China, Beijing refused to
- give its approval, which was necessary for financing, and the
- project stalled. At issue: who runs Hong Kong before 1997, when
- China takes over?
- </p>
- <p> Last week the answer became clearer. Britain and China
- signed an agreement in which Beijing approved the project, but
- in turn London must consult Beijing on all major aspects of the
- airport's development. Beyond that, China gained a voice in
- running Hong Kong.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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