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They were taken because Mr. Tung and his allies wish to demonstrate how in tune they are with official thinking on the
mainland.
The presumption that China wants Hong Kong to become more like the
mainland
is ludicrous.
One senior Chinese cadre doing graduate work at Harvard recently uttered in amazement that Hong Kong, with its leaders acquiescing dutifully in every inane utterance by China's rulers, struck him as more "leftist" than the
mainland.
Indeed, many Chinese officials privately laugh at Mr. Tung and his cronies sycophantic behavior and are increasingly confident that the
mainland
has nothing to learn from Hong Kong's example.
America would have to protect its Asian allies (not to mention its own citizens, were the North able to strike the US mainland).
Better camp conditions and allowing refugees to reach the Greek mainland, the logic goes, would contribute to another surge in crossings.
Yet few voices in
mainland
Chinese media are discussing Liu’s Nobel Prize.
In fact, Hong Kong’s siding with a “David” should not surprise us, given that its relationship with
mainland
China is the quintessential David-versus-Goliath story – and it is still in progress.
Soon after, Hong Kong’s current struggle with the
mainland
behemoth began.
In fact, the screening’s organizers had warned that the turnout might be small, because representatives from the
mainland
had been pressuring students to attend a National Day celebration instead.
The people of Hong Kong continue to confront bravely the Goliath that threatens their values, even holding June vigils to honor the victims of the Beijing massacre – something that no
mainland
group would be permitted to do.
In a popular novel by the Nobel laureate José Saramago, the Iberian Peninsula breaks off from the European
mainland
and drifts away.
And now the island’s economy, after a decade of torpor, is declining at an accelerating rate as people leave for the US
mainland.
For example, Puerto Rico is subject to the Jones Act, which requires using very costly US-built ships and crews for all sea transport to and from the
mainland.
Many Puerto Ricans, unable to find jobs on the island, have migrated to the mainland, with the population and labor force estimated to be shrinking at a rate of 1.5% this year.
Moreover, Puerto Rico’s labor force participation rate is under 40%, compared to 62% on the
mainland.
Given the ease with which Puerto Ricans move to the mainland, raising taxes is unlikely to increase revenues.
Moreover, Puerto Rico is covered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and must pay accordingly, even though the island’s doctors are compensated at a lower rate than those on the
mainland
(and the Puerto Rican government must bear much of the cost).
In Taiwan itself, there is a growing sense of national identity, but a sharp division between pragmatists of the “pan-blue alliance,” who realize that geography will require them to find a compromise with the mainland, and the ruling “pan-green alliance,” which aspires in varying degrees to achieve independence.
But, given the danger of incidents that could grow out of political competition in Taiwan or growing impatience in the Peoples’ Liberation Army on the mainland, the US would be wise to encourage more active contacts and negotiations by the two sides.
When American firms invested heavily in Mexico, or Taiwanese firms invested heavily in
mainland
China, the firms brought with them new technologies that upgraded the production efficiency of the host economy.
Some foreign branches of Chinese banks offer renminbi-denominated deposit accounts, and qualified investors can purchase debt instruments pegged to the currency in
mainland
China.
Meanwhile, many parts of the
mainland
have economically surpassed Hong Kong, which, in 1997, was China’s most advanced, modern city.
Puerto Ricans’ freedom to move to the
mainland
was not enough to keep unemployment from becoming a secular problem: around 11% before the 2008 financial crisis, a 17% peak in 2010, and above 12% recently.
On the contrary, Puerto Rico is stuck with an early-twentieth-century law that forces all trade with the
mainland
to be conducted with expensive US ships, increasing transport costs and undermining economic competitiveness.
Even within countries, say Tanzania where the
mainland
and the island of Zanzibar are usually at loggerheads, there are often radical differences in opinion and approach.
A series of bold foreign-policy strokes – the Asia Cooperation Dialogue, the Economic Cooperation Strategy for the development of
mainland
Southeast Asia, and America’s designation of Thailand as a “major non-NATO ally” – turned the international spotlight on Thaksin during his first term.
Like the ACD, the ECS shifts Thai foreign policy priorities to the Southeast Asian mainland, highlighting Thailand’s role and Thaksin’s canny leadership.
A rare exception is Taiwan, but the “one China” diplomatic fiction sustains the fantasy that someday, somehow, the democratic island and authoritarian
mainland
will be reintegrated.
More than a decade of recession has made the public debt unsustainable and is fueling migration outflows to the United States mainland, affecting the lives of thousands of families and imposing a higher burden on those who stay.
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