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发信人: Davo (Dove), 信区: HongKong
标 题: Re: 為何英國不早給香港民主？英國檔案提供的答案 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 2 03:42:28 2014, 美东)
南华早报翻译的英文观点，英文见下
如果共产党执政下的中国没有多番威胁恫吓和强烈反对，英国会否早在1950年代就为香
港引入全面民主呢？几份香港报章早前要求取阅几份英国解密文件，《纽约时报》日前
就根据文件内容发表文章，行文间就给人留下这样的印象。
可悲的是，文章忽略了历史背景，也未考虑中国共产党以致国民党长期以来对香港的政
策。
毕竟，前文所说的时期，距邓小平制定“一国两制”政策尚有几十年。按照“一国两制
”，香港可以落实普选（无论普选形式如何定义），同时是中国不可分割的一部分。在
邓小平推出“一国两制”前（或中英签署联合声明前）的任何时候为香港引入全面民主
，都势必为香港带来两个结果：脱离英国殖民，独立于中国。实际上，这才是问题所在
。虽然这两个结果如今会受到不少港人欢迎，但以往从来不是可行的选择，因为中英两
国都不会允许这种情况发生。
香港资深记者廖建明昨天致信《纽约时报》，指出了这个事实。实际上，前民政署署长
华乐庭（John Walden ）1997年4月9日写给本报的一封信中，也经明确阐明了这个道理
。华乐庭在信中说，参照前英国殖民地的经验，引入普选总不可避免地引发自治的诉求
。众所周知，中国绝不能接受香港出现这样的情况。
事实上，廖建明在信中也引述了华乐庭1985年退休后一次演讲的内容：“我任职官员30
年，从1951年到1981年，期间'民主'一直是肮脏的字眼。港英官员们坚信，为香港引入
民主政治将是摧毁本土经济、创造社会和政治不稳的最快、最可靠的办法。”
这听起来好像是现时香港政商界精英的说辞，????不是吗？无论中国反对与否，英国或
港英政府从没打算让香港落实全面民主。
Re “China began push against Hong Kong vote in ’50s” (Oct. 28): While it
might be true that China opposed the introduction of democracy in Hong Kong
by Britain as early as the 1950s, Beijing wasn’t against democracy per se,
but it was concerned that democratization might bring independence.
The regular decolonization process — introducing representative government
leading to independence — would not have been tolerated in Hong Kong by
Beijing. From day one, China had never accepted that Hong Kong was a colony.
In 1972, for example, Hong Kong was removed from the United Nations list of
non-self-governing territories (colonies) at the request of China.
Introducing democracy in Hong Kong, still administrated by the British,
would have led to one very likely outcome: independence. This would have
never been acceptable to China, whether ruled by the Communists or the
Nationalists.
As for the much belated effort by the British to push for a taste of
democracy after it had run out of any options other than to give up Hong
Kong, the late John Walden, a former director of home affairs in the
colonial government, called it a “grand illusion.”
In a speech in 1985, Mr. Walden said: “If I personally find it difficult to
believe in the sincerity of this sudden and unexpected official enthusiasm
for democratic politics it is because throughout the 30 years I was an
official myself, from 1951 to 1981, ‘democracy’ was a dirty word.
Officials were convinced that the introduction of democratic politics into
Hong Kong would be the quickest and surest way to ruin Hong Kong’s economy
and create social and political instability.”
Kin-Ming Liu, Hong Kong |
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