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A Loss of 'Conscience'.(Anson Chan resigns)(Brief Article)
Just before Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997, a senior Hong Kong official told NEWSWEEK, "Anson [Chan] is like the canary in the mine shaft. If she goes, we will know things are going badly." Last week Chan flew the coop. The 60-year-old head of Hong Kong's civil service, who was often called the territory's "conscience," announced she was resigning from her post one and a half years ahead of schedule.
Was the timing determined by Beijing? China has ...
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