10th anniversary of "2 systems, one country" - interesting present
A day of increased propaganda here in Beijing as Hong Kong marks its 10th year under a "two systems one country " arrangement.
While reading up on it the following line in an article written by my favorite British news service (ask Tas which one that would be) caught my eyes: It describes one of the presents, next to two baby pandas, offered to HK by Hu:
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PS: Nadja, Rohit, Joanna or anyone else currently in HK: if you happen to pass by that shopping mall and could snap a picture, that would be great!
China, pr, anecdote
While reading up on it the following line in an article written by my favorite British news service (ask Tas which one that would be) caught my eyes: It describes one of the presents, next to two baby pandas, offered to HK by Hu:
"[...] It is a waxworks statue of the late Deng Xiaoping, the leader who oversaw the transition of Hong Kong from British colony to Chinese territory.Why did I have to, spontaneously, think of a raddish (red on the outside, white on the inside) in this context..? Interesting location, interesting symbolism! ^^
His image now stands in a shopping mall. [...]"
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PS: Nadja, Rohit, Joanna or anyone else currently in HK: if you happen to pass by that shopping mall and could snap a picture, that would be great!
China, pr, anecdote
posted by Dom @ 10:51 PM
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2 Comments:
Where is the shopping mall, you know? I will be in HK next weekend.
don't tell me you are going to be there next weekend and only for that weekend... I will 80% sure be in HongKong on weekend of Sept 8th.... can you move your trip by one week? Would be terrific to see you and may be have a baijiu in front of Deng... ;)
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