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“No Dogs and Chinese allowed.”

For sure the headline of this blog is very provocative in today’s standard. However, this line is not too uncommon during the colonial era.

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prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /Hong Kong, historically a beautiful fishing village, is where I was brought up. During the early British Colonial period (1800s to early 1900s) , you would still see the sign of “No Dogs and Chinese allowed.” up on the Victoria Peak of Hong Kong, but thank God that those days are long over!

The truth is that I am very glad that Hong Kong has undergone such history. Without which Hong Kong may still remain as a beautiful fishing village now instead of being the world's 3rd top financial centre (after London and New York) today! And thanks to the British colonial education, I am now able to master the English language quite well which allows me to communicate with people from the other parts of the world!

The recent Olympics torch incidents and the free Tibet outcries have really prompted me to reflect on Hong Kong's history! I sincerely hope that people can embrace history, cherish the present and work together for a better future. I also hope thatthe Olympics Games event can remain as an apolitical event for the world's most brilliant athletes as it has always set out to be, instead of being turned into a political arena.

I really want to thank everyone who has responded to my last blog on Tibet. I respect all the similar or different view points. I believe it is through sincere discussions, research, reflections and positive work that would help us create a better world for all in the future. I particularly like this link that "Crystlekuri" has posted in her response as it is quite funny:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kzNWi5h8Hs

BTW,I have verified with various other sources that the historical accounts of events stated in the “ Tibet – Myth and Reality” article are consistent. I have no way, though, to verify the truth about the mention of the CIA part, but considering the early communist terrorism, the cold war and the timing of it, I will keep on open mind about its possibility…

The following video is a MUST SEE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsoc4-QnplY&feature=related

Lastly, to answer “silky”, the “ Tibet – Myth and Reality” article was published at various links including these:

http://journeyeast.tripod.com/mythandreality.html

http://inpursuitofhappiness.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/tibet-myth-reality/

Here are more references on Tibet for anyone who may be interested to study more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet

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Wong Wong

Good question Jaine. I believe I can speak on behalf of the majority of Hong Kong Chinese people. In the 1980s when the Prime Minister of Britain, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, was discussing with China about what to do with HK after 1997, most of the Hong Kong people had actually hoped that everything could keep its status quo - i.e. they would hope for Hong Kong to remain as a British colony or even to become 100% British! That was because the memories of the communist terrorism during the Cultural Revolution was still rather "fresh" and China was very early at its developing stage then. Of course, the Hong Kong Chinese felt let down when the British decided to withdraw completely handing Hong Kong back to China. Unlike the people in Macau who were EACH given a Portugese Passport, only a minority group of people in Hong Kong could obtain the Right of Abode in UK. I was one of the lucky few. However, I did not plan nor will I ever plan to move to UK. It was just based on an insecure feeling as we did not know much about the Chinese government. Now, 2 decades had gone by and China has developed in a very rapid rate. We had witnessed that China has opened up a lot and the standard of living in some major cities in China have even almost surpassed HK. China has become one of the most powerful nations in the world now. So, the Hong Kong Chinese people now feel happy to be part of China! Honestly, if you ask me how would I feel if HK was still in control by the British, my answer is I would feel happy either way as long as there is STABILITY TO CARRY ON WITH OUR LIVES. While I will not deny history, I believe that I should flow with it rather than getting stucked if I want to have a happy life.

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Marie Jost

I fear for China and especially the Hong Kong citizens as time passes. China is not free, and probably never will be in a Western political sense. For the time being, Chinese citizens have been preoccupied with economic development and have ignored the lack of political development during the same time period. Whoever has the backing of the army rules China. Since 1949, that has been the Communist Party. If the economic "miracle" fails and millions of Chinese are unhappy with their lot in life and express their discontent through civil unrest and attempts to change the power structure in China, I think we can all predict what the crackdown will look like, even if we cannot envision the details. Cracks are already appearing around the edges of the economy--inflation (spurred by rising food and energy prices), rising production costs, workers demanding better working conditions and higher wages. The government in Hati was overthrown over the weekend in riots sparked by food shortages and rising prices. Just this morning on the radio there was a report from China talking about the increase in food prices and how this was impacting the poor in China. There was a report yesterday on the aging population and how China will cease to be the world leader in cheap manufactured exports. The Chinese economic development is based in very large part on cheap abundant labor and low energy costs. We all know about energy costs, and labor is neither so abundant nor so cheap in China as it was only a few years ago. China is beginning to lose out in manufacturing to India. There have been major attempts to tap into the cheap labor pool in Africa. I think it is only a mattter of time before China will have to face an economic crisis, on top of an environmental crisis. These will then spark serious political unrest. I don't see much will on the part of those in power in China to address these problems with creative and sustainable solutions now, before things have reached a crisis pitch. Sweeping China's very real challanges under the rug will not address them. If only those in political power were more proactive, rather than reactive, to the long term problems of this massive nation.

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语言: english, cantonese
位置（城市，国家）以英文标示: Hong Kong
性别: female
加入的时间: May 20, 2007