For better, and for worse, Hong Kong's future is tied to China's.
Each needs the other to prosper, yet each also sees the other as potentially harmful.
As far as fresh ideas go, the SAR seems stuck at a crossroads. Even as civil society takes root, democracy hits a wall. Even as the economy chugs along, the gap between rich and poor widens. Even as awareness of the environment grows, air quality worsens. Even as Hong Kong people become better educated, their English deteriorates.
"Since 1997, China wants one thing from Hong Kong: no trouble," says Tsinghua University's Yan. "Don't cause financial problems, don't cause political problems, don't cause social problems; don't cause trouble.
看別人寫我們,三番四次卡一聲笑出來;聞說'十年'好看,錯過了;這個時候,又想讀龍應台。
記起去年煙花特別多,嘩,原來十年,了。