Chapter 513: That fall

On September 22, 1982, as a special plane painted with the Royal British Air Force logo slowly landed at the China Capital Airport, Mrs. Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, stepped down the aircraft gangway with great demeanor. The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Wenjin and his wife, Wang Benzuo, Director of the Department of Western Europe, Sir Youde, the current British Governor of Hong Kong, and Bao Yugang, the representative of Hong Kong, shook hands and greeted them at the airport.
This is not the first time Iron Lady has come to Beijing. In fact, in 1977, she visited China as the leader of the opposition party.
Of course, as the prime minister of a country, Mrs. Thatcher, who once again set foot on the land of China, set a record: she was the first head of the British government to officially visit New China.
The Iron Lady knew very well in her heart what the main purpose of this visit was, but this was not the first consultation between China and Britain on the future of Hong Kong.
As early as April this year, former British Prime Minister Edward Heath visited China Xia in an informal capacity, and obtained China Xia’s preliminary opinions on the issue of Xiangjiang: negotiations are OK, but China Xia’s basic principles of resuming sovereignty in Xiangjiang are not allowed. change!
Mrs. Thatcher knew this very clearly. In fact, on July 18, when the beacon on the Falkland Islands was just extinguished, she held a special meeting on the issue of Xiangjiang in her residence, even though some people put forward different opinions at the meeting. However, Iron Lady was still determined to threaten the victory of Falkland Islands and refused to accept China's proposal!
After all, in the two territories of politics and economy, the island in East Asia is too important to Britain today, and its status is simply not the same as that of the horse island that lays no eggs thousands of miles away!
She has full confidence and determination to achieve all this!
On September 24, 1982, negotiations officially began in the Lake Building Hall of the Great Hall of the People in China.
"Iron Lady" preemptively played the first card she had prepared:
Sovereign card.
She said confidently: "The three treaties about Xiangjiang are written in black and white, and no one can erase the fact. Since these treaties still exist, they must be respected. If China takes back Xiangjiang, it will bring them to Xiangjiang. The catastrophic impact destroys the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong."
And the short and short Huaxia First Elder sitting opposite her gave her a categorical answer: "Xiangjiang is Huaxia's territory, we must take it back!"
Immediately afterwards, he continued: "Our basic position on the Hong Kong issue is clear. There are three main issues here. One is the sovereignty issue; the other issue is how China will manage Xiangjiang after 1997. Continue to maintain the prosperity of Xiangjiang; the third issue is that China and the British governments must properly discuss how to prevent Xiangjiang from experiencing major fluctuations in the fifteen years from now to 1997."
He did not give Mrs. Saqier a chance to refute at all, and said bluntly:
With regard to the sovereignty issue, China has no room for maneuver on this issue. Frankly speaking, the sovereignty issue is not a question that can be discussed. Now the time is ripe. It should be clearly affirmed that in 1997 Huaxia will take back Xiangjiang... Now, of course not today, but not later than one or two years, Huaxia will officially announce the decision to resume the exercise of sovereignty in Hong Kong. We can wait another year or two to announce the decision. , But it certainly cannot be delayed any longer."
He looked firmly into Mrs. Thatcher’s eyes, with a gentle but powerful tone: "To maintain the prosperity of Xiangjiang, we hope to obtain the cooperation of Britain, but this does not mean that the continued prosperity of Xiangjiang must be achieved under British jurisdiction. In fact, the continued prosperity of Xiangjiang depends fundamentally on the implementation of policies suitable for Xiangjiang under Huaxia’s jurisdiction after the recovery of Xiangjiang."
"Hong Kong's current political and economic systems, and even most of the laws can be retained. Of course, some of them need to be reformed. We can allow Hong Kong to still implement the current political system for a period of time and maintain many of the current suitable systems. People from all walks of life in Xiangjiang have extensively exchanged opinions to formulate our guidelines and policies in 15 years and 15 years later. These guidelines and policies should not only be acceptable to the people of Xiangjiang, but also acceptable to other investors in Xiangjiang..."
"We hope that China and the British government will have friendly consultations on this. We will be very happy to listen to the British government's suggestions to us. These will take time. Why wait a year or two before officially reclaiming Xiangjiang? Just hope. Consultation with all parties during this time."
"Of course, the prerequisite for maintaining this consultation mechanism must be very clear, that is, Huaxia must withdraw Xiangjiang in 1997! As for the content of the consultation, it is limited to how to make a good transition in the next 15 years, and how to develop Xiangjiang in 15 years later. Good question."
This is not a negotiation at all, but a declaration!
Nearly a hundred years ago, the ancestors of Britain faced a decadent dynasty of pigtails. They used strong ships and guns to pry open the door of this ancient eastern empire, taking and taking away. Those pigtails could not even organize a decent event. Today, they are facing the same nation, but their appearance has undergone a fundamental change!
braid? That has long been thrown into the garbage dump of history. This ancient and resilient nation has emerged from its ignorance. They even used the backward weapons in their hands to teach the other four permanent members of the United Nations five permanent members one by one. !
Waging a war to completely solve the Xiangjiang problem, just as the Anglo-Saxon ancestors did?
There is no hope of winning one in ten thousand.
Therefore, she and the old man on the other side knew very clearly that war has never been an option to solve the Xiangjiang problem, right?
No, maybe it's just not on your list of options.
Thatcher looked at the eyes of the old man opposite, as well as the confidence, firmness, and incontrovertibility that came through them, and an unstoppable fear rose from her heart.
Could it be that the prosperous and prosperous island with flowing gold and silver will be lost forever from your own hands?
Although the time was the end of summer and early autumn, which was the most pleasant and picturesque season in the summer capital of China in the legend, she felt a deep chill.
Mrs. Thatcher looked solemn and walked out of the Great Hall of the People in a lonely manner.
She stepped down the stone steps of the north gate of the Great Hall, raised her eyes to see the reporter on the lower right, and suddenly smiled. She wanted to turn her head to signal to the reporters and try to make herself calm and composed.
However, she failed to do it after all.
A sour and tired feeling came from under her feet. Suddenly she felt dizzy and her high heels tripped on the stone steps. Her body suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground under the stone steps. Even her leather shoes and handbags flied out. ...