answer: think about: the tiananmen square incident in june 1989 the conventional wisdom has been that when hong kong reverts to china in july 1997 china promptly use its newfound sovereignty to cripple hong kong in thisview china cannot be trusted therefore the joint declaration of 1984, which promises hong kong fifty more years of capitalism after 1997 is worthless moreover the basic law, china's recently enacted constitution for hong kong is not democratic and it can and will be used to subvert freedom and the free market knowing this hong kong inhabitants and its capital are fleeing to a degree that will destroy its viabilitu in anything like its present form long before 1997 (p.s sorry this is all i could answer huhu)