Why is it that, on the eve of the return to Chinese rule, the people of Hong Kong do not follow the pattern of other nations, like India, where people engaged in an outpouring of emotion through burning the Union Jack and pictures of the governor-general as the British withdrew? The people of Hong Kong are saying good-bye to their colonial status coolly and quietly.
回歸前夕，香港沒有像印度等一些殖民地獨立的經驗般，出現焚燒殖民地國旗、總督相片等激烈行為，香港人「告別殖民地」方式，平靜而冷漠。