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We can infer from the passage that for many years ----.
The people of Hong Kong have been experiencing an
identity crisis ever since the British returned the colony to
China in 1997 and it became a Special Administrative
Region with special privileges (for 50 years). Although
they are proud of their Chinese ethnicity, culturally they
have always felt overwhelmingly Western and therefore
much different from their cousins on the mainland. Now
they have a new worry: a growing threat to Hong Kong's
economic success. The Chinese government recently
announced its plan to turn the city of Shanghai into a
global financial and shipping centre by 2020, a move that
is seen as weakening Hong Kong's traditional and
profitable position as international gateway to mainland
China. Even worse, China's friendlier relationship with
former enemy Taiwan is already reducing transit
commerce through Hong Kong. After an economic
contraction of almost 8% earlier this year, Hong Kong is
feeling real pain, and the jobless rate could approach
record levels. So the normally hands-off local
government has sprung into action: it has announced two
rounds of tax cuts and various handouts to the poor and
to businesses. In addition, the city's long-term planners
have recommended that Hong Kong's government focus
on developing six fields - including education,
environmental-related industries, and medical technology
- in which Hong Kong already has an edge.