BEIJING - The Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr Qian Qichen, said yesterday the "rice is cooked" on scrapping Hong Kong's elected legislature after the 1997 handover and that he still expected a smooth transition to Beijing rule.
`Rice is cooked' on Hong Kong
BEIJING - The Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr Qian Qichen, said yesterday the "rice is cooked" on scrapping Hong Kong's elected …
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