Chapter 450 There Are a Lot of Fireworks This Year

Moving, shifting gears, lifting, and taking off, all the surprises, surprises, and dangers are behind the expectation of hundreds of millions of eyes. At 1:19:7 on the afternoon of June 1, 1997, Ke Shouliang drove his Mitsubishi car and successfully flew over the Hukou Falls of the Yellow River. This is the second largest waterfall in China and the only yellow waterfall in the world.

After Ke Shouliang's leap over the Hukou Waterfall aroused the excitement of the Chinese people, everyone was full of greater enthusiasm for the arrival of July 1st, and they all looked forward to the end of the century-old humiliation.

The atmosphere for Hong Kong's return has become more and more intense. Now the focus of domestic work has all centered on the moment of Hong Kong's return on July 1. All guarantee work is being carried out in an orderly manner. In order to cope with possible emergencies, domestic efforts Very well prepared.

Even Jiangnan Province received some special orders and mobilized some armed forces to participate in the return work. As for the support of materials, a lot of work was also done.

The central government has previously stated that the funding issue for the troops stationed in Hong Kong will be resolved by the central government and does not need to be borne by the local authorities in Hong Kong.

The troops stationed in Hong Kong are under the Central Military Commission and are composed of the 6th, Navy and Air Forces. They will be deployed in 14 camps in Hong Kong. The headquarters is located in the Central Barracks on Hong Kong Island, the Sixth Army troops are deployed in the Shek Kong Village Barracks, the Navy troops are deployed in the Stonecutters Island Barracks, and the Air Force troops are deployed in the Shek Kong Barracks. In accordance with defense requirements, the troops are equipped with various types of weapons and equipment with excellent performance, some of which are put into use throughout the army.

In order to better complete the handover of the Chinese and British militaries, upon China's proposal, the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group reached an agreement that the People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong can send advance personnel to Hong Kong to make practical preparations for the People's Liberation Army to take over Hong Kong's defense work, including those who are familiar with Hong Kong. Military land, liaison with the British army and the Hong Kong government, and coordinating communications support.

On April 21, 1997, a group of forty advance personnel from the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, led by Major General Zhou Borong, deputy commander of the Hong Kong Garrison, entered the customs via Lok Ma Chau and entered the Hong Kong area. On May 19, the second batch of 66 advance personnel entered Hong Kong through Shenzhen Huanggang Port and were stationed at Tamar Barracks, Gunshuishan Barracks, Shek Kong Barracks and Stonecutters Barracks. They were stationed together with the advance personnel who arrived earlier. Port preparations. On May 30, the third batch of 60 advance personnel entered Hong Kong.

In this way, the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison sent a total of three batches of 196 advance personnel to enter Hong Kong in advance, making necessary preparations for the People's Liberation Army to officially enter Hong Kong at 0:00 on July 1 to assume defense responsibilities.

Among the weapons used by the garrison in Hong Kong, there is something Fan Wubing is proud of, and that is the Blizzard torpedo he designed back then. After more than ten years of continuous development and improvement, various performance indicators have been improved a lot. , it can be said that it is completely capable of building China's offshore barrier.

The last time the American ground fleet appeared in the Taiwan Strait. They are so arrogant that they don’t take Chinese missiles into consideration at all. Then he retreated dejectedly. There are only two reasons.

One is the discovery of China’s nuclear submarine activities. The second is China's new torpedo boats. Test fired the latest Buran torpedo. Its astonishing combat power made the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet feel a serious threat.

It has to be said that although the United States and Russia are now developing their own Blizzard torpedo weapons. But because Fan showed up without any disease. Domestic blizzard torpedo weapons have taken the lead. Moreover, China's scientific and technological work has never lacked the enthusiasm to do one thing to the extreme. Hence the blizzard torpedoes now. It's enough to scare Americans.

Although the country has been considering whether the return activities can be carried out smoothly. And I am worried that there will be some changes in the UK. But Fan Wubing knew it very well. The United Kingdom of the Western Mountains is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets. During the Battle of Yingama Island. It can already be seen. The ground eagle can no longer fly over Great Britain.

Now in England. Although it will not fall into the ranks of second-rate countries. But its strength has widened the gap with the other four permanent members. There were colonies all over the world. after the handover of Hong Kong. There are only fourteen islands left including the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda Islands and St. Helena, where Napoleon is buried, with a population of less than 200,000.

According to the reasoning of the Western civilization world. Where are the boundaries of a country? The boundary of a country is where the power can reach it. From this point of view. The strength of the British Empire has gradually withered like a flower of yesterday.

The road to Hong Kong's return was also full of twists and turns. Although Deng Gong had already set the date of his return after the incident eight years ago. Until the National People's Congress formally passed the Hong Kong Basic Law in 1990, Hong Kong experienced the biggest crisis before the handover.

At that time, not only did the British attitude towards China change from cooperation to confrontation, but there was also disunity within Hong Kong. The Hong Kong members of the Basic Law Drafting Committee were wavering. Some people in Beijing even considered the plan of temporarily not taking back Hong Kong and subletting it to the British.

After learning about this situation, the No. 1 commander only said

withstand.

On the one hand, the Hong Kong committee members were afraid that the central government would intervene in Hong Kong; on the other hand, they were also afraid that the British would promote democracy in Hong Kong too quickly, causing turmoil and instability in Hong Kong. With constant communication, the concerns of these Hong Kong members slowly disappeared. Finally, through hard work in many aspects, the Hong Kong Basic Law was finally passed smoothly.

Fan Wubing received invitations from many parties. Whether it was the government, the military, or Hong Kong, they all invited him to participate in the handover ceremony on July 1st. This made him think about where he should stand. Attend this event?

He had a special discussion with the top leaders on this matter, and finally decided to accept the invitation from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and attend this grand event as a friend of Hong Kong locals.

He had some intentions for making such a choice.

With his current status, it is obviously inappropriate to appear at such a grand ceremony that has attracted worldwide attention from the military's standpoint. This goes against his identity as the head of an international consortium. If he accepts the invitation from the government, that would be fine, but there is also a problem. For Hong Kong people, it is easy to have resistance to him. After all, the current principle is that Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong. What Hong Kong people are most worried about now is that the central government is overly interfering in Hong Kong affairs. Once Fan Wubing is branded by the central government, it will not be easy for him to act in Hong Kong in the future.

If he accepts the invitation from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, he will be a friend of Hong Kong, and he will be easily accepted by them when he appears in Hong Kong again in the future.

Considering the upcoming Southeast Asian financial crisis, he will definitely intervene in it. Fan Wubing's best choice now is to stand on the standpoint of Hong Kong people.

In late June, Fan Wubing and Shen Yingkuai arrived in Hong Kong by special plane and checked into the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong.

Since its opening in 1928, the hotel has grown from a seven-story H-shaped building to a 30-story top-level hotel after the expansion project was completed in 1994. The night view is particularly beautiful, facing Victoria Harbour, the Cultural Centre, the Space Museum, the Art Museum and other places with a strong cultural atmosphere, and the transportation is very convenient.

The hotel has more than 300 luxury rooms and suites, as well as a rich and colorful food culture, a fleet of Rolls-Royce silver cars and a dedicated helicopter landing pad service.

The Peninsula Hotel's xx restaurant is also the only restaurant in Asia that has made it into the "Restaurant" 50 Best Restaurants list. x opened in 1994 and is located on the top floor of the 28th floor of the Peninsula. It was designed by a famous French designer and is at the forefront of the times. The nggTab1 in front of the kitchen is the focus of the entire restaurant. With just a piece of covering cloth, it can be transformed into a fashion show stage. Customers in the restaurant can overlook Victoria Harbour and Kowloon Peninsula.

"In a few days, Hong Kong can finally get rid of the title of colony." Shen Ying and Fan Wubing said with some emotion after they entered the room and settled down.

Fan Wubing shook his head and said, "That said, there is still a little cognitive error."

People think that Hong Kong is a British colony, but this is actually wrong. Before the return, Britain did implement colonial rule over Hong Kong, and this colonial color was very typical, but it does not mean that Hong Kong is a colony.

Colonies mainly refer to countries that have lost their sovereignty due to foreign rule or jurisdiction. Therefore, the colonies are facing the issue of independence. The international understanding of this issue was also vague at that time.

After China resumed its seat in the United Nations, Huang Hua, the representative to the United Nations, raised this issue to the United Nations in 1972 and announced that the resolution of the Hong Kong and Macao issues was completely within the scope of China's sovereignty and did not belong to the usual colonial category at all. Therefore, it should not be included in the list of colonial areas applicable to the anti-colonial declaration.

This position of the Chinese government has been widely supported internationally. In the same year, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to remove Hong Kong and Macao from the list of colonies by 99 votes to 5.

"There is such a thing. If you don't tell me, I really don't know." Shen Ying looked at Fan Wubing very seriously, feeling a little admiration.

Although she herself has done a lot of things that have made her famous, every time in front of Fan Wubing, she can always find the feeling of a little girl. This is also an important reason why she has always been obsessed with Fan Wubing. Probably not many women like to find men who are weaker than themselves.

Seeing Shen Ying looking at him like this, Fan Wubing felt a little embarrassed. He put his arm around Shen Ying's waist and walked to the French window, looking at Victoria Harbor. It happened that the opposite side was testing fireworks, illuminating the entire night sky.

"There are so many fireworks this year!" Fan Wubing couldn't help but sigh.

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