Macao

The One Country, Two Systems seems to be working well in Macao. Ho Hau Wah, a Chief Executive of Macao spoke at a luncheon where he declared "Our national leaders in Beijing have given us their maximum support since the reunification." He also said, "We all deeply cherish the memory of Mr. Deng Xiaoping and his great political vision and extraordinary wisdom that created the right way for the peaceful settlement of the questions of Hong Kong, Macao and eventually Taiwan."

I find this very interesting. From his viwpoint the system is working very well. Of course he would say it is good for him. But the thing that seems unnatural to me about his statement is that he mentions Hong Kong and Taiwan. It just seems like that statement was planted. He is speaking for the body politic of Macao but extends his success to other places where resistence is higher than it was in Macao. Ho also claims that the dropping economy of Macao has hit the bottom and is on the rise as the number of exports and visitor arrivals have both risen significantly.

Read the article attached and see if there is anything fishy to you.

http://english.people.com.cn/english/200008/31/eng20000831_49443.html