"The game turns on Hong Kong. If 'one country, two systems' succeeds there, it will have unparalleled propaganda value in Taiwan and in the rest of the world," says an observer familiar with the politics of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. "Beijing can also use Hong Kong to counterbalance the influence of Shanghai."
「香港是一枚活棋，一國兩制的成功，對於台灣乃至於全世界都是最好的宣傳，」熟悉台港澳政治的一位評論員指出，「另一方面，北京也可以用香港來壓制上海幫。」