Chapter 35: Buddha

XXXV. Buddha

Shao Yiming, who is in Hong Kong, is not asleep, because his parents and several relatives have sold their property cheaply and are ready to immigrate to the UK, and will leave Hong Kong one after another in the next few days.

My parents were the first batch of Dongtou people to come to Hong Kong, and they fled out. The ultra-leftist ideology on the mainland forced them to smuggle into Hong Kong to live, and because they were still young, they had to be fostered by their uncles, and they did not come to Hong Kong until they graduated from university, and it has only been a few years now.

I have the impression that my parents have a kind of heartfelt resistance to the mainland's policies, or because of their grandparents' petty bourgeois background, they have always had deep doubts about "one country, two systems" and "no change for 50 years," but after all, I grew up studying on the mainland. Born in New China, growing up under the red flag, walking in the spring breeze, I always have a deep love for the five-star red flag dyed red with bright red blood!

After graduating from university, I came to Hong Kong alone, and I needed to find my biological parents who were separated from each other to make a living and create development; I also found that Hong Kong's democracy, freedom, openness, and prosperity are indeed not comparable to the mainland, but I am still extremely proud of my identity as a Chinese, and no matter how good the green card is, it cannot change the yellow skin, black eyes, and the ancient bloodline that has lasted for 5,000 years in my body.

The rivers and mountains only linger in my dreams,

The motherland has not been close for many years,

But no matter what, it can't be changed

My Chinese heart.

Although I wear a dress,

My heart is still a Chinese heart,

My ancestors have long since taken everything from me

Branded with the Chinese seal.

Yangtze River, Great Wall,

Yellow Mountain, Yellow River,

It weighs a thousand pounds in my chest.

Whenever, wherever,

The heart is as close as ever.

The blood that flows in the heart,

Surging with the voice of China,

Even if you are born in another country, you can't change it

My Chinese heart.

After years of life, I have fallen in love with this place------ the head of the four Asian tigers, the Pearl of the Orient, and the world's financial center. There are friends who work hard together, classmates who work together, and their own dreams! I really can't bear to leave here!

Although my work has not been very smooth recently, the foreign exchange market has fluctuated violently, the market investment risk has increased, and several major customers I am responsible for have also suffered losses, I am still very confident in this hard-won high-paying job! The only thing that I am dissatisfied with in the mainland is the level of education!

As a graduate of Hangzhou University in mainland China at that time, I came to Hong Kong with great ambition, but found that the financial knowledge I learned was useless. In Hong Kong, people don't have a mainland education at all, and people value practical ability. Graduates of prestigious universities in the world are available in Hong Kong. Tsinghua University and Peking University, the best universities in the mainland, can't even rank 200, let alone Hangzhou University.

A few years later, he joined an investment company in Hong Kong with good benefits and engaged in foreign exchange investment management. But in the days and nights before getting this job, maybe only the classmates who worked as hard as themselves knew, maybe the parents also knew that although they did not have rich knowledge, they had the spirit of the older generation of Wenzhou people.

Since the last time I went back to Wenzhou, it was because of the first birthday wine of my college roommates Dong Yaoqian and Ke Huihui! If it weren't for the phone call a few days ago, I really don't know how old I am!

The British bid farewell to Hong Kong began this afternoon when Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten bid farewell to the Hong Kong Governor's Office. At 4:30 p.m., Chris Patten officially bid farewell to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion and held a flag-lowering ceremony. The Governor-General's flag was lowered to the sound of the Last Post horn, followed by the Music of the Highland Church played by the Police Band and the Bagpipes, and the Governor's flag was handed over to Patten for acceptance by Royal Hong Kong Police Adjutant Pak Lok-yan. At 4:39 p.m., Patten's special car officially bid farewell to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion under the opening of the police motorcycle.

I actually saw a Hong Kong reporter crying in the live news. The enslavement education and colonial education of the British are indeed too powerful. If you want to change, you may have to get them to identify with the motherland first, which will take a long time, and it will take a huge and arduous effort from both Hong Kong and the mainland.

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How far is Guangzhou from Hong Kong, about 185 km, if you choose the following means of transportation:

Normal walking 6 km/h 1 day, 6 hours 50 minutes

By bicycle 20 km/h 9 hours 15 minutes

Cruise passenger ship 28 km/h (still water speed) 6 hours 36 minutes

Driving a car 80 km/h 2 hours 18 minutes

By train 150 km/h 1 hour 19 minutes

By high-speed train: 250 km/h 44 minutes

Zheng Xuanqi did not stay at Wang Jieren's house that night, but stayed at the Guangzhou Baiyun Hotel on Huanshi East Road. Standing in Guangzhou's future central business district, the golden business district: the railway station, the international airport and the convention and exhibition center, the international brand shopping mall Park Plaza, the Friendship Store, the World Trade Center, and the style bar street all come to mind.

Looking at the programs related to Hong Kong's return to the motherland that were being broadcast on television, my mood was completely different: I was excited, proud, and happy in my previous life! Now I have become very calm, and when I think of the Hong Kong independence that appeared more than a decade later, I feel as if I am watching a video.

What is the truth about Hong Kong's return to the motherland?

The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the Chernobyl nuclear leak, and the downing of Korean Air made the West collectively hate the Soviet Union. However, in order to prevent the Soviet Union from showing goodwill to China, Britain had to give China sweetness------ and Hong Kong naturally became a favor ------ politics first! In addition, it can also make commercial profits, and it will not lag behind Japan, the United States, and Germany------ and the second economic !

The results were remarkable: the Soviet Union lost the last potential foreign aid, and within a few years, the once great flag fell from the Kremlin, and the economy could not recover by 2010, selling resources for meagre economic growth.

The 2014 "Sino-British Joint Declaration" was declassified, Zheng Xuanqi heard it, and also found it to read it carefully:

"Before the Sino-British agreement on Hong Kong's return to China, the UK was targeting business opportunities in China: under the slogan of more active participation in China's modernisation process, British businesses could have greater export and investment opportunities in China. Before then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited China in December 1984 to sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong's return to China, British politicians were already considering how to use this to secure economic benefits for Britain.

Declassified documents show that the British side considered the then Chinese leader *** to be a "doer", "we can explain to him our views on the Basic Law and the management of the Hong Kong government after 1997", "*** is the Chinese leader who has the final say on Hong Kong affairs, he was not involved in all the details of the negotiations, but he is extremely concerned about Hong Kong affairs". At the suggestion of the British Foreign Office, Margaret Thatcher did not mention the UK's views on Hong Kong's constitution and the Basic Law in her talks with ***, but in her talks with ***. In response, *** responded in diplomatic rhetoric that he was not prepared to express his views on Hong Kong's constitutionalism during the transitional period.

After that, the British declassified documents caused a heated discussion among netizens in Hong Kong. Most people criticized the British for colonizing Hong Kong for commercial gain in the first place. Netizen "Chao Loud Voice" said that Hong Kong has always been a tool for Britain to make money, and Britain will not really care about Hong Kong's democracy or people's livelihood, and Hong Kong is just a pawn in Britain's delusional attempt to balance China.

A chess piece that had to be given up in exchange for a ticket to a luxury cruise ship sailing to the golden shore!

The four tigers of Southeast Asia, the good days are not in a few days, Hong Kong, the land of decisive battle! I come, I see, I will witness:

On July 2, 1997, Thailand announced that it would abandon the fixed exchange rate system and implement a floating exchange rate system, and the Thai baht fell sharply by 20%. The value of the Thai market has depreciated sharply!

On July 11, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced that it would allow the Philippine peso to fluctuate more sharply and depreciate sharply after four failed rate hikes.

Subsequently, the Indonesian rupiah and the Malaysian ringgit have become the targets of international speculators.

In August, Malaysia abandoned its efforts to defend the ringgit. Overnight, Malaysia's top 12 richest people lost $13 billion in the stock market alone.

On August 14, Bank Indonesia announced the lifting of the fluctuation limit on the ruppiah exchange rate, and the ruppiah exchange rate has been like water that has opened the floodgates, surging to an all-time low.

In a secret temple in Tibet, a group of red-clothed Buddha believers sat around and recited Buddhist scriptures, looking very pious and *. Occasionally, someone opens their eyes and looks reverently at the Buddha who is sitting in front of the shrine.

A red-clothed lama quickly walked through the crowd, walked to the Buddha's side, attached himself to the Buddha's ear, and whispered, "Buddha, July 1st." Dan, I have arrived in Hong Kong as you instructed. ”

The Buddha raised his eyelids, but did not open his eyes, but said, "Just be a bystander." ”

"Yes, Buddha, I'll tell you again!" the red-robed lama hurried away.

At this time, if someone approached the Buddha, they would hear him whispering, "Deng, too, is gone, and Hong Kong has returned." In July, the flood is coming, and I am afraid that this body will not be able to wait for a few more years, and the old friends ------ not know if they can go back. ”